Anne Keller-Smith wrote: >I would agree unless your sister will be doing a lot of travelling. An ISP >similar to Earthlink in that it offers local dialups almost anywhere is >important >if you're out of town. If she's only going to dialup locally, then I'd say yes >but be sure to check the access # the ISP gives you with the phone company >to make sure it's a Local Local number and not an Intralata charge (i.e., >local long distance). Phone companies can be very wierd with this, for >example, for my sister, who is 5 miles from me, to call me is a local >call, but for me to call her is long distance. I can call Bethlehem, 15 miles >away, and it's local again, but Whitehall, 10 minutes away is Intralata. --------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the good info, Anne. I will bear it in mind and check this out when considering another provider. Larry
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