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On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 09:41, gilson redrick wrote:
On Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:03, Robert wrote:
Secondly SuSE is by default set up for timed local calls Is that true? All this time I was under the impression that the timed call is a function of the ISP, not the OS or the phone company. AFAIK, in this part
It's not as weird as it sounds. Under SuSE, wvdial.conf is set with the default parameter: Idle Seconds = 180 So if you're sitting online for 3 minutes reading Slashdot, the modem will hang up. I find 3 minutes too short, so I changed this setting to 1800 seconds (that is, 30 minutes). Interestingly, by default RedHat does not set anything for idle seconds, so you could fall asleep while web surfing and wake up the next morning with 8 hours of idle time that you'll be charged for. Where I live (Taiwan) we pay per minute for both the phone call and the online connect time, so remaining online while idle can get expensive. And of course, with a cellular modem it could get REALLY expensive. - Robert Storey