Re: Re: new isp

Posted by TimJ on Fri Jan 15 14:18:53 1999

In Reply to: Re: new isp posted by TimP on January 15, 1999 at 13:22:33:

>Which one?

freenet.co.uk

>We would benefit substantially from having a free ISP (700 gbp per quarter).

umm, you still have to pay for calls, and don't get web space. so it will only save you about £40 per quarter (the cost of dial-up, plus you need to get email services elsewhere.

>If they offer fixed IPs then you can add that to KNOWN in site_ini.pl.
>A more dodgy/less reliable mechanism is to put only the first 3 chunks of the IP quartet in,
>but this only works a bit with variable IP addresses.

I'm not actually using them anymore as they got too busy in the evenings.

TimJ

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> >>Which one? >freenet.co.uk >>We would benefit substantially from having a free ISP (700 gbp per quarter). >umm, you still have to pay for calls, and don't get web space. so it will only save you about £40 per quarter (the cost of dial-up, plus you need to get email services elsewhere. >>If they offer fixed IPs then you can add that to KNOWN in site_ini.pl. >>A more dodgy/less reliable mechanism is to put only the first 3 chunks of the IP quartet in, >>but this only works a bit with variable IP addresses. >I'm not actually using them anymore as they got too busy in the evenings. >TimJ

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