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Subj : Newsgroups?
To   : Andrea Santos
From : Bob Seaborn
Date : Thu Jul 26 2001 12:07 pm

 >
 >>> consider ye ole "bailing wire" mom-n-pop telco where one is lucky to get
 >>> 14400 much less 9600... i live 15 miles from the nearest town of an
 >
 >BS>       Is that the isp's problem, or shitty telco service?
 >
 > Does it matter where the problem originates if the bottom line is they
 > can't connect to the Net?

      Ther's choices everywhere.
 >
 >BS>       How does AOL, for example, claim 56k access from anywhere in the
 >BS>       US?
 >
 > My understanding is you may not have a local access number to call for
 > connecting to AOL and if that's the case, can't imagine anyone
 > connecting with
 > them because they'll pay more in toll charges than the already steep
 > $23/month
 > AOL charge.


      I seem to recall that they one time offered a 1-800 access number at a
per minute surcharge.





                       .....Bob

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