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A PC that uses a USB modem can be described as using Windows dial-up,
even though it is not actually 'dialling', so to speak.

Yes, or no?

"Tx2" <this.is.an.inv@lid_email_address.com> wrote in message
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> A PC that uses a USB modem can be described as using Windows dial-up,
> even though it is not actually 'dialling', so to speak.
>
> Yes, or no?

yes

Thus spaketh Tx2:
> A PC that uses a USB modem can be described as using Windows dial-up,
> even though it is not actually 'dialling', so to speak.
>
> Yes, or no?


Yes.

"Tx2" <this.is.an.inv@lid_email_address.com> wrote in message
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> A PC that uses a USB modem can be described as using Windows dial-up,
> even though it is not actually 'dialling', so to speak.
>
> Yes, or no?

both yes and no

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> "Tx2" <this.is.an.inv@lid_email_address.com> wrote in message
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> > A PC that uses a USB modem can be described as using Windows dial-up,
> > even though it is not actually 'dialling', so to speak.
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> > Yes, or no?
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> both yes and no

go on, i'll bite....

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> > > A PC that uses a USB modem can be described as using Windows dial-up,
> > > even though it is not actually 'dialling', so to speak.
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> > > Yes, or no?
> >
> > both yes and no
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> go on, i'll bite....

it really depends on the driver. A lot of devices that have the idea of a
"connected" state model themselves on a modem link - because they need to
cope with the same ideas of "connected", "disc" etc.

The other way of looking at it is most ISPs have a part telco background,
and they dont believe in connectionless systems - cos being "connected" is
what you get billed on.....

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Tx2 <this.is.an.inv@lid_email_address.com> wrote:

>A PC that uses a USB modem can be described as using Windows dial-up,
>even though it is not actually 'dialling', so to speak.

I had a PC with a USB ADSL modem, and it certainly wasn't using
"Windows dial-up", whatever that is.

-- Richard
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in some alphabets" - X3.4, 1963.

"Tx2" <this.is.an.inv@lid_email_address.com> wrote in message
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> A PC that uses a USB modem can be described as using Windows
dial-up,
> even though it is not actually 'dialling', so to speak.
>
> Yes, or no?

Yes, and no.

I had the ubiquitous Speedtouch (Alcatel) 330 ADSL USB modem, and that
installed itself as a 'dial-up adapter', though of course no dialling
took place. There was no NAT firewalling, and Windows Network
Neighbourhood wasn't involved.

Now I use a Linksys ADSL2MUE modem via USB (it does have an ethernet
port too), which installed itself as a 'network adapter', and acts as
a hardware firewall as a router would.

Martin

On 27 Nov 2006, Tx2 <this.is.an.inv@lid_email_address.com> wrote:

>A PC that uses a USB modem can be described as using Windows dial-up,
>even though it is not actually 'dialling', so to speak.
>
>Yes, or no?

Sure as hell won't be "Windows dial-up" if the PC happens to be running
Linux, will it ? :-)

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> A PC that uses a USB modem can be described as using Windows dial-up,
> even though it is not actually 'dialling', so to speak.
>
> Yes, or no?

If you mean "dial-up networking" as in the little box which pops up with
a phone number and password? Then yes in my experience.
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Jon