SUMMARY: Dialup net access in the USA

Many thanks for all the replies I recieved to this query - too many to
list by name, but you know who you are :-).

Many people pointed out that a lot of US hotels these days offer
broadband access via ethernet or 802.11. Of the dialup providers
recommended, Earthlink got the most mentions, with Speakeasy and
Tenex.org also listed as places that provide nationwide local access
numbers. Hotels for this trip are already booked, but I'll be cheking
them out, and may well pick up a wireless card.

Special thanks to go to Shane Lazarus/Colin Brewer for pointing me in
the direction of an AT&T business dialup client for Linux. I was more
than a little suprised at it's existence, but I'm not complaining. I've
obviously been using Linux too long, and I'm unused to it's recently
acquired "almost supported" status :-). Here's hoping it can be made to
work with Debian...

For those who regard ISP provided dialer software as the work of the
devil, on the whole I agree. I will defend AT&T here though, as their
dialer software (for Windows at least) is relatively non-intrusive,
doesn't get in the way, and provides a database of access numbers so
wherever you are in the work, you can pick your country and nearest city
from a dropdown, and be provided with immediate access to freephone or
local access numbers to call from your location. I have sent users of
varying technical literacy to far off places with it, and they've
managed very successfully on the whole, so I think it's a good service.


Mike.
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