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       SUBJECT: DIALUP may be in limbo.....
       DATE:    24-Mar-26 11:25:54
       HOST:    mx
       
       'getdialup' will provide you a list of numbers based on an areacode search.  
       This list was generated nearly 20 years ago through the network of Point of 
       Presence (POPs) that was built up through the 1990s into the 2000s.  Much 
       of the equipment has become legacy, but still running in various 
       datacenters, telephone central offices and cinderblock out buildings you 
       may see along a road.  Some of these buildings are actually underground 
       vaults.
       
       In recent years this legacy infrastructure has been decomissioned or turned 
       off Retired In Place (RIP) without any notice or warning.
       
       Our current situation is that, we're still in that system but we have no 
       contact or support.  Since the announcement of the AOL dialup shutdown 
       we've noticed more legacy infrastructure has just gone away.
       
       We need to put together an effort to dial all numbers in 'getdialup' and 
       figure out which ones still connect to our radius server and which ones 
       don't or numbers that don't answer.  If you can help, please contact 
       membership to make arrangements.
       
       
       
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