as TDC can now track IP addresses I though id put up a defence against it.
AOL. I have AOL and AOL as people know is a real bugger as far as IP addresses are concerned.
Take the Natomic website. Ive never been on it but as soon as I went on the website to have a look round a annoying screen pops up saying I cant enter and if I dont know why I can Contact them. Well I WOULD if it wasnt for the fact the link it gives me brings up the same screen.
Anyway another example.
Newgrounds uses IP addresses in its voting for games system that means I have to be REALLY quick in voting for new movies or sombody else using AOL does.
Not being able to vote for some movies on Newgrounds also has a good side, you could just log in with your Newgrounds account and get the points for voting even for movies you didn't vote on
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Registered 23/09/2002
Points 4811
4th September, 2004 at 16:23:30 -
we're not doing anything we weren't doing before. your IPs have always been stored. we just now have a script to crossreference everyone's so we can detect people with double accounts. we also get the DNS of the IP so we can tell if its dynamic or not, obviously we will get a lot of results if we run a query on an AOL IP, so we won't be suspiscious. don't worry about it
i second that. its a bit like when people say "acks" instead of "ask"
"Say you're hanging from a huge cliff at the top of mt. everest and a guy comes along and says he'll save you, and proceeds to throw religious pamphlets at you while simultaniously giving a sermon." - Dustin G
Get Pipex. I've had it a week now. No bandwidth limit, faster connection speed and more reliable then BT and AOl added together. Go to www.adslguide.org and you'll see.
I'm with Nildram. I get 50mb unlimited bandwith webspace and it's also very reliable, never had any problems in 2 years. And of course, none of this limited bandwith bollocks.
Its really the only way to go. Also don't be fooled by AOL and BT adverts. Their reliablity and customer service are usually bad.
Pipex however had my BB connected last sunday even though BT said it wouldnt be available to Tuesday. A nice surprise getting it going earlier then expected.
We only went with BT because my dad worked there and got a discount as a result Fortunately, discount is running out in a month or two, so I can finally be free from that evilness.
Works great for online gaming (xbox live), has no bandwidth limit, is cheaper then BT and it doesn't show up on your phone bill (paid by direct debit,credit card etc).
AOL is just rubbish anyway. It's a bitch to uninstall, you get the intrusive browser that's slower than a buggered sloth, and the annoying woman's voice who sounds like Joanna Lumley, "You have Email." And of course, the IP problem everyone mentioned.
I can't see why anyone still uses AOL when there are much cheaper (and in most cases faster) dial-up solutions out there. As Ross Perot might say, "Look at this here chart..."
AOL (56K): $20-25 / Month
Net Zero (56K): $10 / Month
Net Zero (250K): $15 / Month
Or you could just bite the bullet and get a cable modem or DSL, which are usually competitively priced so that one of them is only around $30. That'll get you anywhere between 1500K and 5000K depending on who your provider is.
I have DSL. It's cheaper than 56k and a second line for phones.
-Above post is ancient and probably irrelevant-
An old account of mine, recently cleared out. It's a blast to the past, the age was marked as 14 when I found it. If you know where to look, you can track me. Au revoir.
a computer shop just down the road from me has an industrial DSL connection which is insanely fast, somewhere in the region of 10mbps. then again they have a permanent connection to Manchester Airport so an important connection like that is probably needed.
im only on 56k but on wednesday ill be getting broadband just 512kbs but unlimited bandwidth so woo! BT have finally acknowledged that rural people want broaband too
[Quote]Pete Nattress :for 3 megabits per second you'd need a pretty thick pipe. it's not impossible.
Most A/DSL modems can currently support up to 8mbps, its currenlty possible to get 3mbps but many providers aren't going to put that much money in bringing it commercially.
I did work experience a few months ago at a Government building in Australia. I found that there was a 2gigabit fiberoptic cable running up the east coast of queensland. Imagine what you could do with that!
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Fortunately, discount is running out in a month or two, so I can finally be free from that evilness.
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