From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   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.  But they have their own incoming dialin   
   numbers in 212.   
      
   >  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?   
   --scott   
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