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Are There Any Global ISPs?

Posted by Cliff on from the net-access-anywhere-in-the-world dept.

smart_ass asks: "I doubt I am the only one of us out there who has to spend some of our "work" time on the road. My question for you all is what internet connection providers do you use for international connections. There's gotta be something better than AOL and Compuserve with near-complete world coverage." Man, I sure hope so!

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  1. GRIC & IPASS by matt_wilts · · Score: 4, Informative

    Gric and Ipass are two providers that my company are investigating at the moment. Like the poster, we also use Compuserve for international roaming customers and the costs are excessive, we feel.

    Matt

  2. AT&T by Zurk · · Score: 2, Informative

    at&t global also provides global ip access...its pretty costly tho.

  3. AT&T Global Network by Finni · · Score: 2, Informative

    They bought this from IBM. We use it.

  4. Earthlink surprisingly good by sobiloff · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've used Mindspring for years because they have many, many POPs in the continental US. They also have a 1-800 number for those rare times when there isn't a POP available via a local call. (This used to be the situation when I was visiting remote military bases.)

    With Mindspring's acquisition (merger, whatever) by Earthlink, I find that I now have access to a pretty good set of POPs in other parts of the world, too. I used the POPs in Ireland and Australia quite a bit and had no trouble. The price was pretty reasonable, too -- about 10 cents a minute.

    My current company has been using iPass for years, but its much more expensive (25 to 60 cents per minute, depending on location) the last time I checked.

    AT&T is supposed to have a pretty good set of global POPs, too, but I don't have any direct experience with them.

  5. AT&T Business Internet by regexp · · Score: 3, Informative

    A couple posters have mentioned AT&T Business Internet--you should know this is not the same as AT&T WorldNet, it is a separate service. It offers coverage in a large number of countries; the address is www.attbusiness.net