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   On 8/18/2025 1:23 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > InterLinked   wrote:   
   >> I've gotten is 36000 a handful of times, and usually I get 31.2 or 33.6   
   >> - very difficult to get a V.90 connection anymore. They seem to have   
   >> done some kind of concentration where they've cheaped out on their phone   
   >> lines, doesn't seem to be real T1s anymore.   
   >   
   > Try Panix.  I think their pop network is all gone at this point but they   
   > have dialup lines in NYC and they keep them maintained.   
      
   I've already tested them. Panix just resells GlobalPOPs, plus they're   
   considerably more expensive than other ISPs.   
      
   I have yet to find an ISP that isn't reselling GlobalPOPs. There may not   
   be any. Even AOL is reselling GlobalPOPs (until they stop next month).   
      
     With the cost of   
   > long distance today there's little need for local POPs.   
      
   I pay 5c a minute for long-distance, why would I use long-distance   
   access numbers to get online?   
      
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