My understanding is that if you are not prepared to give a static IP (for
whatever reason) you use PPP. That way you interface to the same (ie
already existing and payed for) security (PAP) and accounting system
used by the dailup users. This is what I was trying to find out more
about in the meeting when I was asking about PPP....

> Can telecom even guarantee accuracy? for the first few weeks i was logging
> hours... Second according to the RAN my IP is 210.55.118.30 and has been
> for 2 +weeks, if its what they think I have news for them its only been on
> that IP for 4 days if telecom cannot keep track of my IP via the RAN how
> can they bill?. If the accounts program pulls off the RAN then its obvious
> there is a good chance the bill is incorrect. My volume is about 340meg
> this month which due to the fact I lost one weekend total use plus all 4
> weeks days due to their outages as i couldnt find my box is what i would
> expect...i think.

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            Harold Jarvie
              Wellington
             New Zealand
         hjarvie@bigfoot.com
    http://bigfoot.com/~hjarvie
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