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Ignorant mass-media strikes again
From: Vadim Antonov <avg () alink net>
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 13:59:37 -0800
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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- Ignorant mass-media strikes again Vadim Antonov (Dec 09)
- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Tony Li (Dec 09)
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- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Jay R. Ashworth (Dec 09)
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- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Tony Li (Dec 09)
- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Michael P. Lyle (Dec 09)
- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Jon Zeeff (Dec 09)
- RE: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Rubens Kuhl Jr. (Dec 09)
- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Kevin Oberman (Dec 09)
- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Forrest W. Christian (Dec 09)
- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Charles Sprickman (Dec 09)
- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Jon Zeeff (Dec 09)
- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Frank Kastenholz (Dec 09)
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- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again cache22 (Dec 09)