From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   InterLinked  wrote:   
   >   
   > I tried a local access number in my area, and connected at 31.2. And   
   > sure enough, it appears to be resold GlobalPOPs. It doesn't look like   
   > Dialup4Less has their own dial-up infrastructure.   
   >   
   > Do you mind sharing the specific access number you are using, and what   
   > speeds you usually connect at? I wonder whether all of their access   
   > numbers are deficient, or just some of them.   
      
   Your connect speeds over POTS copper is going to be mostly always   
   influenced by the "last mile wiring" (i.e., the copper from your home   
   to the local exchange building).  So any "deficiency" is very likely to   
   exist somewhere in that last bit of copper rather than in different ISP   
   POP endpoints.   
      
   Once your copper terminates at the exchange, the rest of the phone   
   network's all digital, so the analog signals on your wires are   
   digitized at that point anyway.   
      
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