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In article <358E6B0E.FAAD83D9@smalexs.demon.co.uk>,
Alessandro Smali <ale@smalexs.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>I use "free PPP" to connect to the Internet. The annoying thing is that
>it takes almost 10 seconds to disconnect and I do not understand why.

In general, it seems that this is what happens and it's quite normal.

It depends on the equipment at the other end; I am using a Courier, OT 1.1
and FreePPP 1.0.5. Connections to the Ascends (Energis and COLT) appear to
take about 4-5 seconds to go on hook (at which point you're no longer
paying for the call) and another 2-3 seconds to close the session locally.
But when I call the C&W number, 0845 301 1666, the terminal server on the
other end is a 3Comm job and it goes on hook in under a second; local
closure takes about another 2-3 seconds.

Give the C&W number a try- the only thing to remember is that it runs 3Com
X2 code (which apparently works quite well) whereas the Ascends (from
tomorrow apparently) will run K56flex. But unless you have a 56k modem, it
should make no difference. 

  



-- 
Peter