Can a dial up account be used anywhere?

You could dial your sask number, and it would incur toll charges I'm sure. I don't know how the Canadian telco works, but I'm pretty sure it's like Ma Bell in the US.

If you're using a national provider, like AOL, compuserve, msn, or somesuch, they should have access numbers for different parts of your country. I live in Kansas City, and when I went on vacation to Colorado, I just had to look up the local numbers of AOL where we were staying.

Short of it is, if you don't mind paying toll charges, you can dial and connect to that sask number from anywhere.

Howdy:

The dial-up number from SaskTel (assuming you are using SaskTel Sympatico) is exactly the same no matter where you are in the province..

I do know it is a toll-free number in Sask, however you may need to put the Sask area code in if you are out of province.

I suggest you call the SaskTel/Sympatico helpdesk and ask them what you are doing wrong or why you can't connect !!

Ok, cool. I've been trying to do everything I can to not have to phone them but looks like I may have to break down. The Problem is that my modem won't dial up, i've tried a whack load of things but still nothing.

Just to add to the complexity - while most parts of the world now have touch tone service, an occasional very backward area might not. I recall in 1995 (and this hopefully has changed by now) trying to dial up in Kentucky (I was on business) and learning that, because their phone service still wasn't touch tone, that the call could not go through. Wherever you are is very likely perfectly fine but that's a tiny thing to keep in mind if you head to some really backward place and try for dial-up service.

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Hello again,
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