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STeve Andre' wrote: > On Monday 02 April 2007 22:28:02 Richard Wiggins wrote: > >> Colleagues, >> >> The included message below will be sent to MSU Deans, Directorrs and >> Chairs soon. As per agreement with MSU NAG, we try to send a heads-up >> to NAG before such announcements go to the MSU community at large. >> >> Thanks, >> >> /rich >> >> To: Deans, Directors, and Chairs >> >> Subject: Dial-up Internet services to end July 2, 2007 - second notice >> >> ACNS and Merit Network have worked together for many years to provide >> dial-up Internet access for MSU faculty, staff, students, and >> retirees. Many users, however, have stopped using dial-up in favor of >> high-speed alternatives. As a result, Merit Network will discontinue >> the following services on Monday, >> July 2, 2007: >> > [snip] > > Wow. The end of an era. Given the expense of maintaing them, > I see why they're going. These days when I wander around I > look for a Panera for a quick email fix... > > 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' > Many ISPs that sell you DSL have dial up numbers as backups for when / if your DSL fails. I used one thru AT&T when in Florida 3 or 4 years ago. Painfully slow. -- Steve Devine Storage Systems Academic Computing & Network Services Michigan State University 506 Computer Center East Lansing, MI 48824-1042 1-517-432-7327 Baseball is ninety percent mental; the other half is physical. - Yogi Berra