>> You might want to look into DialD (Dial-on-Demand). This package >> automatically makes and breaks connections to the Internet as needed. You >> just start up NetScape, etc. and the modem dials... After an inactivity >> timeout, DialD drops the link (to save you money... <grin>...). It's really >> slick and many people use it. > >As an side note, diald isn't always a money-saver; for me, in fact, using >diald (unless I spent large amounts of time redoing the config files) >would be more expensive than pon/poff, since on my local phone bill I pay >a fixed rate per call, and my ISP charges me a flat monthly fee. Having >my connection go up and down frequently could get very expensive.
Well, "to save you time....", then.... ;-) Hadn't thought of local fixed rates... not in North America then, huh? Later, Kevin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
