The closest replacement I know of for the Merit dial-up services is MaGlobe
(http://www.maglobe.com/). They claim 26,000 local access numbers in the
U.S., 30,000 worldwide, plus an 800 number. They offer considerably more
local numbers in Michigan than Merit does. One of our faculty members used
this as a supplement to Merit Global and it worked well for him. 

--Chris
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Chris Wolf
Computer Service Manager
Agricultural Economics        [log in to unmask]
Michigan State University     517 353-5017


> -----Original Message-----
> From: STeve Andre' [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:40 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Dial-up Internet services to end July 
> 2, 2007 - second notice
>
> Can anyone reccomend an ISP that has a dialup number good for 
> the entire state?  Ideally, an ISP where you could buy a 
> months service while going on a vacation, something like that.
> 
> For me, the dialins were most useful when at a hotel that 
> didn't have wireless.  I suppose thats getting more and more 
> common though.  Still, having the option of a dialup ISP 
> would be nice to tell my users.
> 
> Thanks, STeve Andre'
> 
>