Re: Turning off Firewall in AOL

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers@nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 01/03/03 

From: "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospam.cableone.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 11:03:46 -0700

Greetings --

    No, I wasn't really thinking of a broadband connection, although
that is what I now use. Here, in the US, AOL is the most expensive,
and least reliable, of the dial-up options. Nevertheless, most of the
successful (whether a local or a national company) dial-up ISPs don't
automatically disconnect their customers, unless the line has been
idle for an excessive length of time. This happens so rarely that I
presumed that the mentioned disconnects were a result of a
malfunction, rather than policy.

    ISP availability and telephony infrastructures do vary greatly
from area to area around the world, but I'd have thought the UK would
have been closer to the modern end of the spectrum. If AOL is indeed
the best option available to you, you have my deepest sympathies.

    My definition of an ISP is a company/service that provides nothing
more than uncensored connectivity to the Internet, does not require
its customers to use only its own proprietary software and interface,
and does not accept financial compensation from its "partners" to
feature their products/services on the interface that its customers
are forced to use.

Bruce Chambers
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User 

----
You can have peace.  Or you can have freedom.  Don't ever count on 
having both at once. -- RAH
"Måç" <H@teSpam.com> wrote in message 
news:eQoi320sCHA.2648@TK2MSFTNGP09...
> OK we are at cross purposes - you maybe refer to a broadband/DSL 
> type
> situation. If you live out in the woods with a Victorian telephone 
> exchange
> and no cable as I do in the UK then AOL are the best option. Dialup 
> ISP's
> have always disconnected after a 2 or 3 hour period to allow other 
> to get
> on.
>
> Where do you get your definition of ISP?
>
> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospam.cableone.net> wrote in message
> news:v0piv9jrsh9qcb@corp.supernews.com...
> Greetings --
>
>     How curious....  In the US, AOL is more expensive than any real 
> ISP.
> And, of course, getting disconnected a few times a day would be 
> totally
> unacceptable when using a real ISP, as well.
>
> Bruce Chambers
> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>
> ----
> You can have peace.  Or you can have freedom.  Don't ever count on 
> having
> both at once. -- RAH
>
>
> "Måç" <H@teSpam.com> wrote in message 
> news:OhVR0xdrCHA.1668@TK2MSFTNGP09...
> > Well I use AOL as an ISP...very cheap unmetered access and quite 
> > reliable
> > (disconnects a few times each day in UK)...I added free ZoneAlarm 
> > to make
> up
> > for the lack of XP firewall, and AnalogX proxy for sharing 
> > connection on
> > home network.
> >
> > I never use the AOL interface, mostly just IE & OE.
> >
>
>

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