Third-party DUN dialers

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203qw84n2kjxeup@jetable.org - 08 Sep 2005 20:23 GMT

I've noticed that, while Windows has its own built-in PPP dialer, many
ISPs insist on paying artists and programmers to make their own highly
graphical, PPP dialers. Some of these dialers do little more than munge
the username/password combination and then pass it on to the built-in
DUN subsystem.

What exactly is the benefit of writing and distributing third-party DUN
dialers,
aside from wasting money and introducing new and improved bugs?

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Michael Santovec - 10 Sep 2005 00:11 GMT

Some of them gather error statistics that they pass on to the ISP who
can then look for trends in network errors.

Some produce troubleshooting logs that might be useful if calling their
tech support.

Some make it easier to dial or look up alternate phone numbers for your
area or when traveling.

Some just add branding for the ISP so that you think of the ISP as being
the Internet rather than just a gateway to the Internet.

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> I've noticed that, while Windows has its own built-in PPP dialer, many
> ISPs insist on paying artists and programmers to make their own highly
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> dialers,
> aside from wasting money and introducing new and improved bugs?

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