There are those ppl who just want to do e-mail, are comfortable with dial-up, don¹t want to pay for than $5-10 for internet, and can¹t get anything else. -- Justin Wilson <j2sw@mtin.net> http://www.mtin.net/blog Wisp Consulting Tower Climbing Network Support From: "Gregory J. Boehnlein" <damin@nacs.net> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 12:32:56 -0400 To: 'Mark Foster' <blakjak@blakjak.net>, 'Bill Fehring' <lists@billfehring.com> Cc: <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: RE: Dial Concentrators - TNT / APX8000 R.I.P. When I sold my business in January, we still had 4 PRI circuits that were providing Dial-Up access using Livingston Portmaster 3's. I bet those things will run for another 5 years! :) Dial Up still has a place in many areas where Broadband cannot cost-effectively reach. Better to have Dial Up than nothing at all.