phreaky
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Dialup internet is weird in 2015. As my ISP continues to experience periodic routing problems with their local dialin numbers, I thought I'd sign up for another ISP.
Before I did so, thought I'd check if this other ISP supported PAP authentication. So, I changed ppp to call their dialin number to check how it failed to connect.
But it didn't fail. Somehow, my old, currently broken ISP's login/password worked to authenticate with, and indeed got me online with working routing. Routing via an ISP I've not signed up for.
Seems I stumbled on two VISPs that use the same pool of POPs. http://globalpops.com/about_visp.html Probably also explains why the ISP with the routing problem is completely unable to debug it, since they're not running the gear at all.
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do you stay connected all the time or dial in now and then?
Efraim Flashner at 2015-07-14T18:33:53Z
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I dial-down overnight, for t-storms (5 of them today!) and in rare cases when I need a voice call.
