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| Thread ID: 42825 | 2004-02-23 16:54:00 | xtra's one person dialup policy | yingxuan (3330) | Press F1 |
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| 217671 | 2004-02-24 06:58:00 | I used to be with an ISP whereby two computers on separate phone lines dialed in and surfed at the same without incurring extra charges. Fortunately for me the ISP didn't have the same polices as Orcon and Xtra. LOL | MaryJane (5294) | ||
| 217672 | 2004-02-24 07:13:00 | After reading through all the above posts, I assume our situation is Ok with telecom. One incoming line into the main XP computer, networked into the 98se computer. Have never struck any extra Xtra charges. I assume that this is because we are on the same phone line & account. The only drawback to this is it slows both our connections down. Have I read this right, is this how it works?? PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 217673 | 2004-02-24 07:30:00 | I saw several $2.50 charges appearing in my acct last year. The statements didn't seem to indicate that somebody was online for any considerable length of time. Changed my password but it still appeared the next month. Wasn't aware of any virus or spyware, didn't let W98SE remember the password, etc; re-installed everything (sledgehammer approach, I know) and haven't had it since. |
Tom McB (832) | ||
| 217674 | 2004-02-24 07:56:00 | > After reading through all the above posts, I assume > our situation is Ok with telecom. > One incoming line into the main XP computer, > networked into the 98se computer. Have never struck > any extra Xtra charges. I assume that this is because > we are on the same phone line & account. The only > drawback to this is it slows both our connections > down. Have I read this right, is this how it works?? Yes, you are correct. Using one telephone line will not incur extra charges with Xtra. |
tommy (2826) | ||
| 217675 | 2004-02-24 08:18:00 | if you network the computers and share the net connection, there are very few isps that won't allow this (however, they won't like home isps) | Megaman (344) | ||
| 217676 | 2004-02-24 22:23:00 | Interesting, phoned Xtra help yesterday about having a notebook plugged in at the same time as a desktop PC on one phone line, the answer I got was you can connect using either the notebook or the PC, not both. Warned about the $2.50 an hour charge if the notebook was used on another phone line. My query is if the notebook is networked to the PC does it affect the use of the notebook on another line. The working situation is that the PC is in one room used by the grand daughter and the notebook in another room used by the grandson so sparks may fly if both can't get on line at the same time. | FrankS (257) | ||
| 217677 | 2004-02-24 22:57:00 | the isps won't actually send u a warning email that u are connecting their isp twice as the same time am i right? They just charge u accordingly |
yingxuan (3330) | ||
| 217678 | 2004-02-25 00:13:00 | PJ: Yes, you're OK. You login only once. Therefore you have only one session. What attracts the charging is dialing in on another line and logging in again. The occasional charges people see might be owing to"hanging sessions"--sessions which have not been closed properly. If your computer locks up, the session might not be closed. You curse, reboot, and dial in again. The next login might be a second session. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 217679 | 2004-02-25 00:41:00 | > Interesting, phoned Xtra help yesterday about having > a notebook plugged in at the same time as a desktop > PC on one phone line, the answer I got was you can > connect using either the notebook or the PC, not > both . You would need to have and use two separate phone lines to do this . > Warned about the $2 . 50 an hour charge if the > notebook was used on another phone line . Correct . > My query is if the notebook is networked to the PC does it affect > the use of the notebook on another line . No . If two computers are networked and one is used as the host to dial in to an ISP they would not even know that there were two computers using the internet . To them all they would see is the computer dialling in . > The working situation is that the PC is in one room used by the > grand daughter and the notebook in another room used > by the grandson so sparks may fly if both can't get > on line at the same time . Networking them would solve the problem . ;-) |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 217680 | 2004-02-25 01:38:00 | Yeah sadly Xtra are justified in charging the additional fee. No charges are added if you or someone else uses the account elsewhere while no-one else is logged in. | Greg S (201) | ||
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