Stupid 2 hour rule :(


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Hello all,

I was wondering if there is a way to stop getting disconected every two hours from the internet.

I live in the UK and my ISP is One.Tel, which is ran on a BT line.

I;ts really annoying, especially when it slows ure comp down as a consiquence.

please help, in anyway, thanx

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Are you sure the ISP is causing it? I had a user have a similar problem, and It turned out she had a variant of the blaster virus. I would download the recent DAT files from the Anti-Virus software that you have.

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Do you pay a monthly fee and connect through a freephone number (0800 or 0808) ??

If so then thats normal, its the price you pay for unmetered access, same with Freeserve, and BTOpenWorld etc....

Nothing you can do I'm afraid

BTW I'm with Freeserve

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is this 2 hour rule stated within the contract, and if it is then its server side and there is nothing you can do, the server will cut you off after two hours, the only option is to set up scheduled tasks to connect to the internet every two hours....

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No Fowen, it has always been like this and my friends have the same ordeal, yes ramesees it is a freephone number, i just thought there maybe a way to stop ot

oh well

thanx guys :D

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I was on Freeserve SurfTime, bloody 2 hr cut-off's :crazy:, I'm sooooo happy that Broadband finally came in my area :happy: ....

Radish?

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I used to have dialup. On my winme pc i changed a regsetting for the modem, and it now lets me stay on as long as i want... been connected 11hours one time. Is Freeserve.. Still does it

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go with jolt

they offer 4 hour cut off :woot: its in their adverts ;)

ive managed to stay on bt open world all day, i think i had kazaa running or an ftp connection

might of just been a fluke tho

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If I have to say a ISP (I know what some will say) Go with AOL. I've been with them for 2 years. 15.99 Lots of numbers to dial up with I admit but NO cut off times.

yeah, i think thats the only good thing about AOL

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woohoo... go Australia... iiNet all the way

i've got dialup, and i'm supposed to get my speed capped when i download so much in a certain time, but i'm connected to the regional number and not to the local server, so my downloads song get registered. 24/7 internet.. woohoo

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hmm, with payg you dont get cut off as some recommended by , its different dunno why, 2 hour cut off are a pain, i used to be on fs anytime when they didnt cut off :D but it soon came , didnt effect me for a while though, aol are good for not cutting you off but still their service is rubbish , luckily we were one of the first to get our exchange upgraded (Y)

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I have cable now, so I don't need to worry about this stuff :D. But I used to have AOL (horrible, horrible times :pinch:) and I remember that after 2 hours there was a cut-off if you were inactive, but there was also an inevitable 5hr cutoff.

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If I have to say a ISP (I know what some will say) Go with AOL. I've been with them for 2 years. 15.99 Lots of numbers to dial up with I admit but NO cut off times.

AOL stopped cutting people off???? When? When I was on there I was constantly cut off...

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