accessing dial up isp account from different location ?'s

[seti]

who's Y? haha

yeah, how moral is that?

[Techie Dude]

Where abouts are you in the world?

Here in the UK we have to pay per minute we use the net. My phone bil was somethig like £180 a month! Totally free dial ups are fairly new, and often contain a catch. Ie, some companies make you change phone companies to get free net access. In these cases, it`s often that you can only dial in from a certain line (ie, your works phone line, or your own home number).

There are a few companies that don`t do this, such as RHA. I have 2 accounts with them, one for home, one for work. Both free 24/7, and I can dial into either aco**** from any line.

All down to the ISP I guess........

[This message has been edited by Techie Dude (edited 08-31-2000).]

[seti]

Ok, if person X had a limit free dial up account at work, could they dial the number from home to use the same plan?

I'm not person X, I'm just wondering, honest.

[Petros]

Yes, I think it would work. Generally, dial-up can be used anywhere. I could (before I got DSL http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif ) dial in from anywhere I wanted to.

[qball]

Yes, as long as person X pays person Y lotsa money (you may not be person X, but I AM person Y).

Regardless of stupid jokes, the answer is still yes. The connection will be dependent upon distance and line quality. I actually dialed from Virginia to New Jersey to access my ISP, not because I wanted to, because I had to. It worked, with a slight degredation of speed.

[seti]

Yeah I found out that where person X lives they pay by the minute. The cost of internet access is also insanely high, relative to Canada.

[paradoxtime]

Techie whats the website for you ISP,
I am on 24/7 free calls with AOL but pay £24.99 a month for priviledge