Many people actually use the email program built into their browser, so that launching your browser is all you need to do initially. Then you can use your Personal Start Page to see if you have email messages, read the latest news, get the sports scores, find out what your stocks are trading at, browse the Start Page channels, or search for something specific with your page's built-in search engine. EarthLink works hard to eliminate busy signals, but they are still an occasional fact of life on the Internet. You get a busy signal if too many EarthLink members are trying to connect to the Internet using the same phone number at the same time. This happens infrequently for EarthLink members because we have more dial-up Internet access numbers than any other Internet service provider.
More numbers mean fewer busy signals.
Rather than staying connected while you take a break from your surfing, please log off and back on again. That way, busy signals may become a thing of the past. And when you sign up for the basic EarthLink service, you will not be charged extra, no matter how much you use the Net. Please use common courtesy, however, and log off every time you are not actively using your connection. EarthLink will only disconnect your session if you have been online for more than 24 hours in a row.