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On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 20:18:50 GMT, Phillip Deackes <gsmh@gmx.net> wrote:
>In article <slrn8ld1hl.8o6.chris@dougal.etcp.co.uk>, Chris Beauchamp wrote:
>>In article <slrn8lcueu.mv0.charlesb@local-gateway.
>>     summerfieldtechnology.co.uk>, Charles Blackburn wrote:
>>>Hi all.
>>>
>>
>>>At the moment, I've set the dialmode to be auto, but I can't garauntee <sp?> 
>>>that it will be connected when I try to connect from the internet.
>>
>>How's about a ping every 9 minutes?
>
>How's about paying for a leased line? When you have ISDN,
>dial-on-demand is the most considerate use of a dial-up connection. I
>have my system set up this way and find much of the time while I am
>reading web pages etc. I am actually not connected. The idea of trying
>to sneak around the controls in place to minimise the use of bandwidth
>we all have to share is very selfish.

Hear hear, I agree entirely ... if yo'all insist on keeping connections
up with no reason then inevitably someone has to pay for the extra 
modems and incoming connection that freeserve will need to supply not 
to mention BT's extra costs (although I'm sure they could fund it out 
of their profits!).  That'll be all of us who pay.  Dial on demand
using diald or something similar takes all of 10-15 seconds to connect 
on ISDN and saves resources.  It's already a problem in the States with
overloaded exchanges and it'll soon be here.


-- 
Trevor Barton
Huby, N. Yorks. UK.
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