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  From: Anthony <tomcat@chariot.net.au>
  To  : David Newall <davidn@rebel.rebel.net.au>
  Date: 31 Jul 2003 21:52:03 +0930

Re: Keeping dial up connections alive

David,

The account I have with my ISP is their top rated plan. They guarantee
that I will not get kicked unless things get extremely busy. In the past
I have been connected for more than a week at a time. This saves me a
lot on phone calls and offsets the cost of the dial-up plan I am on. I
do not turn my server off at any time. It runs trouble free and as I am
away from home regularly this allows the family trouble free and secure
connection to the internet.

Cheers,
Anthony

On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 18:43, David Newall wrote:
> On 31 Jul 2003, Anthony wrote:
> > Can someone please tell me how I can keep a dialup connection on a
> > server (e-smith) alive
> 
> Your ISP might take a dim view of that.  If they have put an idle timeout
> on your line then you can be reasonbly certain that they don't want you
> to tie up their line doing nothing.  It wouldn't be too hard for them
> to recognise if you try to artificially keep it busy.  Also, some ISPs
> prioritise low-usage subscribers over high-usage subscribers, and you will
> end up becoming a high-usage subscriber, without getting any real benefit.
> 
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