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[johnl at iecc.com (John Levine)]

>Thanks for those pointers. The "mega bill" problem is one I have to avoid. We used to use ISDN as backup to T1 circuits,
>but had to abandon that after some wayward fail-overs resulted in $5000 phone bills. I'll check the plan overage terms
>carefully!

Sounds like an excellent application for a $10/mo prepaid plan on
something like Tracfone.  If disaster strikes and you need a lot of
data one month, you can add extra credit directly from the phone.