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Re: PPPoE
I have WinPoet and hate it. When my term is up I will switch to a static IP ISP. Why?
1. WinPoet will lock up my brand new Win98 SE 733Mhz HP 100% of the time within 24 hours necessitating a reboot. Usually after 10-12 I must reboot, that is if I don't just lock up. Thankfully this is a personal not a business computer. I somehow think it is NOT an Intel, Hewlett-Packard nor Microsoft problem as everything else works fine (apps, games, musicmatch, CDR, DVD etc.). Remaining factor : WinPoet.
2. WinPoet requires me to log on after these daily reboots. I was sold "always on" service. Then why do I have to logon to get it to work (DSL dialup looks JUST like regular modem dialup but takes only about 3 sec., unless you have to do it again, and again...)? I must keep track of names, passwords and all that good stuff. Then reboot and try again if I mistype something. "WinPoet Preserves the dialup experience" my butt. Always-on does not mean logon! I'm just waiting until I get a DSL busy signal or whatever when they run out of IP's like dialup runs out of modems on Sat. night (hey it's happened to me on Mindspring and A-NET, as well as all the freebies).
Why would my ISP make me use this crappy software?
A) To enable oversubscription of IP addresses. (Although I recycle mine to keep at least ONE of theirs allocated to me 24/7)!
B) Bandwidth metering (by time, or MB). Seems like a fair concept but I resent the back-door sneaky setup approach the WinPoet (drug) dealers use. Whatcha wanna bet that sometime they unilaterally inform users (via an unexpectedly higher bill that month) that they've been moved up to the "enhanced", more expensive, metered dialup service that was sold in writing as "always on" but obviously is not.
Do you want to see something funny? Ask the ISP what advantages there are for YOU to use WinPoet. It's like asking a minister "How is it OK to blow people away just because I'm in the army?". They stammer like a parent asked about sex by their kid!
Remember : WinPoet = BAD |
