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[Michael Sokolov]

Ron Hudson <ron.hudson at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 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. 

Unless you do dedicated-over-dial, i.e., a dedicated phone line for
the modem, always on, redial on hangup, and route a static IP block
down the pipe.  That's what I do.

> I wonder what the phone company would do if a local call lasted more 
> than a few hours... (number of days..)

Just checked syslog, the last time my router redialed was on Aug 24.
So the call that's in progress right now has lasted 3 weeks so far.

MS