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[Gordon JC Pearce]

Ron Hudson 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. 
> 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?

It dials out when you request something from the Internet.  I *think* it 
uses a caching DNS server to minimise the "noise".  It's pretty 
configurable.

Gordon.