# Good international ISP?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-international-isp/70632>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 29, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-international-isp/70632 "2001-06-29T17:17:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-international-isp/70632/1 "2001-06-29T17:17:46Z")

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Can anyone recommmend an easy-to-use international ISP? I’ve got some clients who travel a lot to a variety of international destinations, and have been trying to work with a service provider who shall remain unnamed, (but whose initials are AT&T) and they’re finding them difficult to reconfigure in various destinations, and unhelpful when it comes to tech support.

I’m looking for wide coverage and ease of use. Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Frumious\_Bandersnatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Frumious\_Bandersnatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frumious_Bandersnatch)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-international-isp/70632/2 "2001-06-30T00:16:24Z")

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I have used UUNet (dial-up)on four continents without too much difficulty. They are overpriced, and there is virtually no customer service, but they do have local numbers just about everywhere.

Hope this helps.

[http://www.uu.net/index.xml?flash=1](http://www.uu.net/index.xml?flash=1)

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-international-isp/70632/3 "2001-06-30T10:56:20Z")

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UUNet are popular with large international companies. I use them, and can confirm that there are POP numbers all over the world, but I haven’t always had a particularly reliable connection.

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**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-international-isp/70632/4 "2001-06-30T18:20:28Z")

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One nice service is IPass. You install a small program on your computer, and then where ever you go you choose your location, and then select a number to dial. It uses local ISPs, but you always get charged to your personal ISP. We had a lot of success with it in my previous company (we had offices in the US, Europe and Israel).

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**Author:** ![LocalLoop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@LocalLoop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LocalLoop)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-international-isp/70632/5 "2001-07-01T02:06:22Z")

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At&T has an international dial package called AGNS that has a great POP footprint. My opinion is that their IP backbone is a bit more dependable than UUNET’s, at least in the US.