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   On 8/18/2025 8:16 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > InterLinked   wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > They have competent support people who are well worth paying $10/month for.   
   > I didn't realize they still resold GlobalPOPs at all; I thought they   
   > discontinued that a while ago.   
      
   Seems like everyone has done the opposite - get rid of their own access   
   lines and just use GlobalPOPs.   
      
   I don't like it as there's now a single point of failure/bottleneck.   
      
   > But they have their own incoming dialin   
   > numbers in 212.   
      
   Interesting, so their NYC numbers aren't supposed to be GlobalPOPs?   
      
   I just dialed the 212 number on their website and it connected at 31.2,   
   and it's GlobalPOPs.   
      
   Do you have a *specific* number that *isn't* GlobalPOPs?   
      
   >>   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?   
   >   
   > That's insane!  Why do you pay so much?   
      
   Because it's cheaper than upgrading to the unlimited plans. If you   
   wouldn't pay more than that on the per-minute plan, it works out cheaper.   
      
   Verizon has two per-minute long-distance plans, one that is $9 per month   
   + 12c per minute and one that is $6 per month + 5c per minute (this is   
   the plan I have). Who knows what incredible business logic is behind the   
   first one.   
      
   My total phone bill with tax and long-distance usually ranges from   
   between $55 and $65 each month. If I had the unlimited plan, it would be   
   over $100.   
      
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