I had a probably entirely unrelated problem with the BT Home Highway USB modem linked to my Snow iMac.
The modem has the added facility of dynamic dial up (or something like that) where the modem will start off with just one channel and switch in the second channel for the full 128K ISDN experience when required, switching it off when not. This I thought would be a jolly good idea to minimise dial up costs and still enjoy midband surfing. Unfortunately, what would happen is that the second channel would intermittently log on and off, often for only a matter of seconds. Each time this did this I was charged the minimum call charge of 5p. Several hundred unknown phone calls later I was left with a phone bill of �150 for the quarter! Several phone calls to BT and the ISP showed that neither side would take any responsibility and I decided to cut my losses and stop. I now use Freeserve Anytime which allows a single channel connection and keep the dynamic switching (co-bonding?) selected out at all times. I can't wait for the arrival of ADSL in November! Martin on 24/9/03 11:22 pm, Ken Barker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I use an iBook running OS X 10.1.5 and I recently got in an ISDN line > for Internet access. I am using a WebRamp ISDN router (yes I know > they went out of business) and everything appeared to be fine until I > got my phone bill. It said I connected on average 38 times per day > for the month. > > I have been monitoring the connections and it appears every time the > iBook wakes from sleep, or restarts it connects to the Internet. Also > if I leave mail windows open with my email application (Eudora - > sponsored) in the foreground it re-connects. > > Is there any way to prevent this so that it only connects to the > Internet when I want it to. > > Things were a lot cheaper albeit slower with analogue. > > Regards > > Ken -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
