9 Dec
1998
9 Dec
'98
4:59 p.m.
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