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Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 13:59:37 -0800 From: Vadim Antonov <avg@alink.net> To: nanog@merit.edu From http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9812/09/isp.idg/ : > Don't let your ISP cut you off > How to fight back when your ISP keeps kicking you off. > by Carla Thorton > (IDG) -- PROBLEM: Your Internet service provider kicks you offline when > you're in the middle of important work. > > SOLUTION: Install an anti-timer utility, reconfigure your e-mail package, > or choose a regional ISP. I bet Ms. Thorton never heard that TCP can preserve idle connections when dial-up link is down. Yeah, dial-on-demand is such a hard thing to do! Am i paranoid, or is mass-media hell-bent on propaganda of antisocial behavior in the Internet? Or are they just really clueless? --vadim
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