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Re: It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us!

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On 11/7/2021 9:03 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Michael Trew<michael.trew@att.net>  writes:
>> On 11/1/2021 10:09 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>> Michael Trew<michael.trew@att.net>   writes:
>>>> On 10/29/2021 3:46 PM, Questor wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:28:19 -0400, Michael Trew<michael.trew@att.net>    wrote:
>>>>>> On 10/27/2021 3:29 PM, Questor wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:43:53 -0400, Michael Trew<michael.trew@att.net>     wrote:
>>>>>>>> V.34 and V.90 are quite familiar to me.  I have a Windows 3.11 computer
>>>>>>>> here that I occasionally fire up and connect via an internal V.34 modem
>>>>>>>> (to a 20 hour/month dial up service) for the fun of it.  The budget dial
>>>>>>>> up services are all but gone now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have unlimited dial-up service through this ISP at 12.95/mo (less if you pay
>>>>>>> in advance for six or twelve months).  They use an outside company that
>>>>>>> maintains a nation-wide network of access points.  I'm far away from their
>>>>>>> office, yet I dial a local number.  They also offer newsgroups via NNTP, again
>>>>>>> through a third party.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which ISP?  DSL Extreme?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes.
>>>>
>>>> I had their basic DSL package via AT&T lines some time ago.
>>>
>>> I had a static IP DSL package from DSL Extreme via AT&T for over
>>> a decade until AT&T decided to no longer support static.
>>
>> I remember that package showing available from DSL Extreme not that many
>> years ago.  Is that a recent thing they've discontinued?  Presumably
>> only supported with a business connection now?
>
> They (DSLExtreme) didn't discontinue my package.  They contract with
> AT&T in my area, and AT&T stopped supporting static for DSLExtreme
> customers.  Sigh.

Can you request a business plan through AT&T for a static connection? 
It might be worth looking into, even if just to price-check.  I've heard 
they will still sell a business connection at residential addresses.

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It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us! ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2021-10-26 03:51 +0000
  Re: It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us! Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2021-10-26 11:43 -0400
    Re: It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us! usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2021-10-27 19:29 +0000
      Re: It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us! Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-10-28 15:30 +0100
        Re: It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us! usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2021-10-29 20:17 +0000
      Re: It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us! Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2021-10-29 15:28 -0400
        Re: It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us! usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2021-10-29 19:46 +0000
          Re: It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us! Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2021-10-31 19:12 -0400
            Re: It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us! scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-11-01 14:09 +0000
              Re: It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us! Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2021-11-06 12:14 -0400
                Re: It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us! scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-11-07 14:03 +0000
                Re: It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us! Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2021-11-07 21:14 -0500
                Re: It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us! scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-11-08 14:25 +0000
  Re: It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us! Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-10-26 18:37 +0000
  Re: It's Halloween When The Dead Walk Among Us! Branimir Maksimovic <branimir.maksimovic@icloud.com> - 2021-10-30 03:48 +0000

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