On 17 Aug 2005 at 17:30, Robert  Jones wrote:

> I am using walmart connect for my internet service and now they added an
> annoying inactivity timer, thats throws me off the web when 20mins or so pass of
> inaction -how do i turn it off or is their a way to trick it to staying on?
>            Are their any other $10.00 a month Ips that don t have the
> annoying feature that i could try out?  Any better , cheap Ips out their ??
>
>            Robert Jones > [log in to unmask]


  There was a time when such packages had a market, but I think that time
has passed.  You could try opening a DOS window and typing

  ping -t www.yahoo.com

but that might not be enough to fool them.

  Generally, when an ISP implements a measure like this, it means either or
both of two things:

1.  People are staying on-line longer than was assumed in financing the
operation.

2.  There is a hard limit to the number of people who can be on at once, and
that number is being reached.

  Note that in the second case, you're not just running up their phone bill -
- you're keeping your neighbor from going online at all.

David Gillett

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