Re: Turning off Firewall in AOL
From: Måç (H@teSpam.com)
Date: 01/04/03
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From: "Måç" <H@teSpam.com> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 18:10:15 -0000
Unfortunately the UK is not at the modern end (so far as broadband is
concerned, and this is becoming a political hot potato) but somewhere in a
long list of late adopter countries :-)
AOL in the UK does provide a decent cheap service, I have tried most of the
'free' ISP's here and the only annoyance I have with AOL connection is that
I have to manually click to close the dialup whenever I reboot. A small
price to pay. As I said I don't use the interface - just the dialer. And AOL
don't spam me..
"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospam.cableone.net> wrote in message
news:v1bk3novcbs714@corp.supernews.com...
> 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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