> i've seen the hotwire client at one of my friend's place. it is NOT
> 24online, and they've provided some crap VB application to do the
> authentication. don't think they're competent enough to make a linux
> app, and also their connection though gives good speeds (7-9 KBps), it
> is not reliable and down specially on the weekends.
The client is not made using VB, but using MFC. Most VB apps are better than
this stupid client. This is something that I won't even give to anyone as a
prototype, forget about making an essential component of any product!
> maybe they've just started operations and are preparing things, as
> earlier they just used to give a static ip (real public ip) to your
> machine, and you were connected, no need to provide any login/password
etc.
I still have the static public IP on my hotwire line, but this new login
crap is really bad.
If anyone is intrested, how about writing OSS clients for the various ISPs
that can be used under Linux and Windows? I am going to work on the hotwire
protocol on one of the comming weekends, if anyone else is working on it,
then please tell me ;)
Ambar
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