[Techtalk] dialup while traveling

[caitlynmaire at earthlink.net]

Hi, everyone,
> 
> AOL should be good in this respect (huge number of POPs, nice easy 
> configuration, and a 1800 number to fall back on). Of course, there is
> the AOL software to contend with...

IMHO, they are the worst possible choice.  They require proprietary
software and do not support Linux.
> 
> In a similar vein, AT&T Worldnet has a national service; the 1800
> number is billed at 10 cents/minute, but they do have an enormous
> number of local POPs (as you'd expect from AT&T, I suppose!) - OK,
> you'll have to change dialup number every time you move to another
> local area, but you can be pretty condfident of getting local access
> AFAICS.

Earthlink is also a good choice.  Many, many POPs, but again, you'd need
to configure for each location.  

Many Linux dialers support storing many dialup configurations (i.e: one
per location) and allow cloning one connection to create another, so
things like DNS settings can remain constant and configuration is a
breeze.  This was always my solution.  kppp is very good this way.

All the best,
Caity