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   Scott Dorsey to usenet@phreaknet.org   
   Re: Bye-Bye Dialup USA   
   18 Aug 25 13:23:08   
   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   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.  With the cost of   
   long distance today there's little need for local POPs.   
   --scott   
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