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Updated 2 of July, 2005

Thanks to Barbara Bills who assembled this information For Brigada Today

Global Internet Dial-up Question

Thank you all for the great recommendations and helpful comments, some of which I’ve included below.

OSCAR: http://www.oscar.org.uk/service/communications/internet/providers.htm  

Multiple links to lists of worldwide global access ISPs.   

Other recommended dial-up plans (some contract, some prepaid, some unknown):

Enjoy PrePaid:  www.enjoyprepaid.com   (not to be confused with prepaid.com)

Budget Dialup: www.budgetdialup.com   Prepaid. Limited coverage

I Rove: www.Irove.net   Pay as you go and is $6-15$/hour.

Toll Free ISP: www.tollfreeisp.net   Limited coverage   

Budget Dialup: www.budgetdialup.com  

MaGlobe:  www.maglobe.com  “Prepaid. I have used this for several months and find a very good list of access numbers and ease of connection. Cost about $8 per hour in Africa, significantly less in Asia, Europe and US.”

Earthlink “has dial-up in many countries but it is not inexpensive”.

GoRemote: “I have been using GoRemote for $8.00 per hour. Had good results in Thailand, Philippines and Hong Kong. Problems in South Africa and Zambia.”

I-Pass: www.I2roam.com   I-Pass received the most glowing accolades, but is much more costly than some.  “I have been using I-pass for 5 years now. I can access service almost anywhere I travel in 45 countries of the world. I use their subsidiary called I2Roam. They have over 20,000 points of dialup service, as well as over 20,000 wireless hotspots as well.”  Another traveler: “I travel extensively & the IPASS service provided by www.i2Roam.com is by far the best I've seen.  It has local dial-up even down into the smallest town & it integrates wifi logons throughout the world where ever available.”

Suggestions for Phone options:

United World Telecom: www.uwtservices.com  “Our ministry is pleased with the rates.  It takes several tries, but we are often phoning cell phones in Africa.”

VoIP: Christian Phone Source http://www.christianphonesource.com/    PH 1.800.789.7819

Net2Phone

Skype

Closing comments: I’ve not had enough web access to research some of the new links sent to me. But at first glance my MaGlobe dial-up may continue to be a good choice for me for short-term dial-up in multiple countries. However, if I am somewhere for more than a week, I will search for the local prepaid cards available in more and more countries. Where they are available, I have found them to be far cheaper than the International Services.

Though not prepaid, this search finally brought me to a South Africa local dial-up called: @lantic.net, which offers a three month connection for less than $10 per month…..unlimited! As I’ll be here for multiple months, this is fantastic!  Thank you all!  Barb

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