From: Nyssa@logicalinsight.net   
      
   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.   
   > With the cost of long distance today there's little need   
   > for local POPs. --scott   
      
   The best price I can get for long distance service is   
   2.5 cents/min. using a dial-around service. So, yes,   
   local POPs are still important unless you only spend   
   a few minutes online.   
      
   Nyssa, who is frugal and spends about an hour or so a day   
   online   
      
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