A Point of Presence is a local Dialin number for an ISP. This type of line is most likely an acumulation of T1s strung through a terminal server PM3 being one of the more popular or Ascend Max

A POP can also simply be what it says it is: A presence for a Service Provider for providing any kind of service

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