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From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordon_at_gjcp.net>
Date: Tue Sep 14 13:33:49 2004

Ron Hudson wrote:
> You would still have to dial up every time you want on. It only takes a
> moment to dial up, but I find it changes my web browsing habits anyway.
> I wonder what the phone company would do if a local call lasted more
> than a few hours... (number of days..)
>
> I'll check out freesco, do you have to tell it when you want it to dial
> out?

It dials out when you request something from the Internet. I *think* it
uses a caching DNS server to minimise the "noise". It's pretty
configurable.

Gordon.
Received on Tue Sep 14 2004 - 13:33:49 BST