sf wrote:
> On 17 Apr 2006 06:45:00 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > sf wrote:
> > > On 16 Apr 2006 05:36:41 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > > > Oooh! I miss my Newswatcher and direct access to USENET. Got DSL and
> > > > have to play the Bellsouth game which means going to Google groups.
> > > > For a couple of months I could get direct USENET by unplugging my DSL
> > > > and returning to dial-up, but keeping both DSL and dial-up seemed
> > > > silly, so I dropped my dial-up. Still having withdrawals. What's PITA?
> > >
> > > Why can't you access usenet through your Bellsouth account?
> > > http://www.dpo.uab.edu/dialup/bssettings.html
> > > http://tinylink.com/?e4DYeSLio1
> > > DSL is dialup on steriods.
> > > --
> >
> > Question. How do you use dial-up and DSL simultaneously? Wouldn't I
> > have to unplug my DSL connection, plug my dial-up modem, set SMTP and
> > POP settings, etc. Then reconnecting to DSL, I'd have to reset my
> > account. Most settings should remain the same.
>
> Was that question to me? DSL is like having two telephone lines...
> one out one in. Yes, you need a modem.
> >
> > But Bellsouth had to send me 3 modems before I found one that would
> > stay connected. Other 2 would drop after 1 or 2 hours, sometimes
> > overnight; and I'd have to sign-in anew. So I'm sort of leary of
> > disconnecting DSL now that I've got one that stays connected.
>
> I've never understood why home users are so darned lazy. Shut down
> your computer when you go to bed.
> --
>
Yes, it was. Ravinwulf answered:
"You just plug your dial-up modem into a free telephone jack (with a
DSL filter attached) and use it if you need it. You don't have to
disconnect the DSL first. A splitter on the jack the DSL uses would
probably work as well, but I can't say that I've ever tried that. That
will give you both connections available, should the DSL go down; but
I don't think you can actually use both simultaneously since the login
and password are the same."
But I only have one jack in my computer room. Bellsouth told me that
splitting at the jack would not work. Something about my computer not
being able to recognize both connections. Has to be one or the other.
Ravinwulf is saying I need a free telephone jack. Guess I'd have to run
one from the phone box.
Answer to your lazy comment. I used to shut down every night. But
problems with OS X startup prompted a tech rep to tell me "just don't
turn it off." That's one.
Then problems with those Bellsouth modems dropping my connection
prompted a DSL rep to tell me "just don't turn it off." That's two.
So not shutting down may be dumb, but it's not lazy.
