Very Computer

Surely ISP's can detect when the 'queue of dial-ins has
increased so that the wait until next-stage will be excessive' ?

My ppp-script is set to [say] 99 secsonds to exit if PAP hasn't
confirmed.  This means that when the ISP's load is high, I don't
get an engaged signal, but rather I get the cost of a dud-call
and an exit after the PAP timeout causes an exit.

WTF don't the ISP[s] just send an engaged signal to their
input-modem/s. To save their clients unnecesaary costs ?

TIA,

== Chris Glur.

Surely ISP's can detect when the 'queue of dial-ins has
increased so that the wait until next-stage will be excessive' ?

My ppp-script is set to [say] 99 seconds to exit if PAP hasn't
confirmed.  This means that when the ISP's load is high, I don't
get an engaged signal, but rather I get the cost of a dud-call
and a PAP timeout exit/abort-call.

WTF don't the ISP[s] just send an engaged signal to their
input-modem/s, to save their clients unnecesaary costs ?

TIA,

== Chris Glur.

Am Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:09:14 -0500 schrieb problems:

Quote:> WTF don't the ISP[s] just send an engaged signal to their
> input-modem/s. To save their clients unnecesaary costs ?

> TIA,

> == Chris Glur.

the problem is more the quality of your line

Quote:

> Surely ISP's can detect when the 'queue of dial-ins has
> increased so that the wait until next-stage will be excessive' ?

> My ppp-script is set to [say] 99 seconds to exit if PAP hasn't
> confirmed.  This means that when the ISP's load is high, I don't
> get an engaged signal, but rather I get the cost of a dud-call
> and a PAP timeout exit/abort-call.

> WTF don't the ISP[s] just send an engaged signal to their
> input-modem/s, to save their clients unnecesaary costs ?

Shorten the timeout in your script, and maybe change the modem
settings so that it doesn't wait as long for a carrier. Of course
the details depend on whether you use Windows or Linux, which Linux
distro, which version of Windows - you didn't say and you cross-posted.
Microsoft tends to drop support for "obsolete" hardware. Does Vista
even do dial-up?