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richard welty <welty@skipper.balltown.cma.com> wrote in article
<501p5q$i8i@skipper.balltown.cma.com>...
> In article <3223C355.6C50@earthlink.net>,
> L. E. Carr <lecarr@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >richard welty wrote:
> 
> >> i think that any one of a number of local providers can do a much
better
> >> job 
> 
> >Many folks who travel frequently (constantly) need to select a service
that 
> >offers access numbers in most major cities, and that may be why one
would 
> >consider netcom.
> 
> that's fair.  however, based on comments i've heard from some netcom and
> ex-netcom users, there are national services that are perhaps preferable
> there, as well.  i don't know as much about that; i've little reason
> to have investigated that alternative.
> 
> richard
> -- 
> 		           Not Insane! in '96
>                   George Leroy Tirebiter for President
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> 

yes, I have heard of this -- can anyone be more specific? are there any
national/international services that would allow someone to dial-in to a
local number and access services temporarily? Specifically, how about just
enough to access my local pop3 server? (yes, I know I can't do this with my
netheaven account)

thanks