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[Stan Barr]

Hi,

Ron Hudson <ron.hudson at sbcglobal.net> said:
> 
> On Sep 14, 2004, at 1:34 AM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
> 
> > Ron Hudson wrote:
> >
> >> Too bad the phone company (sbc) doesn't make a slow dsl available, no 
> >> faster
> >> than my modem but always on and shareable.. that's what I miss most.
> >
> > Dial-up is shareable, but it can be pretty slow if you do so.  Look at 
> > one of the single-floppy firewall Linux distros out there.  I've had 
> > pretty good results from freesco (http://www.freesco.org) - easy to 
> > configure, and pretty solid in operation.
> >
> > Gordon.
> >
> 
> You would still have to dial up every time you want on. It only takes a 
> moment to dial up, but I find it changes my web browsing habits anyway. 
> I wonder what the phone company would do if a local call lasted more 
> than a few hours... (number of days..)
> 
> I'll check out freesco, do you have to tell it when you want it to dial 
> out?

No, diald takes care of that, dialing out on demand when access is needed.
Freesco acts as a nice simple print server too.

-- 
Cheers,
Stan Barr  stanb at dial.pipex.com

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