Re: NO multiple logins !! Livingston won't listen
System Manager (root@oberon.glo.be)
Wed, 26 Jun 1996 13:14:25 +0200 (MET DST)
>
> Once upon a time Robert Forsman shaped the electrons to say...
> > LiveWire communcations would like concurrent login limiting to prevent
> >sharing of accounts, as would almost ANY ISP with one thenth of a brain.
>
> Any ISP with 1/10th of a brain should be smart enough to be billing users
> extra for simultaneous logins. Either the user stops doing it or you make
> more money. Win-win. Instead of always looking for a technological fix
> for problems sometimes you might consider policy fixes.
Real life example:
REPEAT
User dials in ... modem gets stuck after 20 seconds
UNTIL POP DOWN
User can't help it, we had to wait 3 months for a modem chipset upgrade.
Lose :-(
--Steven, Globe Internet.