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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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local
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The StarNet pioneers will mourn the passing of the dream and stay with local ISPs .
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A major segment of local ISPs is the thousands of bulletin board systems catering to different interest groups.
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One main reason for the growth of local ISPs is the freedom of expression.
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The World Wide Web, for instance, became popular and widely available in 1993 on most local ISPs .
national
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In other words, national ISPs extend high-speed connections to users just about anywhere, bypassing the existing telco infrastructure.
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Table 4. 2 provides a summary of the services offered by national level ISPs .
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To better understand the national ISPs , let us examine two major players-UUNET / AlterNet and PSI-in more depth.
regional
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Table 4. 3 summarizes the service features of regional ISPs .
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Instead, regional ISPs have the Internet access points that are concentrated in their coverage area.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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First, on-line services tend to be considerably slower for Web browsing than ISPs.
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In other words, national ISPs extend high-speed connections to users just about anywhere, bypassing the existing telco infrastructure.
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This ISP has one option that provides e-mail and full news-group access for $ 15 per month.
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To dial an ISP , simply click on its entry in Dial-up Networking.
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Your ISP is more likely to get tough with you over this than with excessive pinging.