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Warning for users of a Non-Flat Rate ADSL connection Service
who are charged per minute or per Megabyte of data.
Certain Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide an ADSL service to their
subscriber that has a charge based on time. There are other IPSs that
charge for their service based upon how much data is moved across the
ADSL connection, (Per Mb)
For this reason, while the connection is not needed, it should be
disconnected to avoid unwanted costs and high service charges.
The Belkin router has a setting, designed to disconnect the Internet
connection when not used for a specified time. This means that after a
period of Internet inactivity the Belkin router should automatically disconnect
the Internet connection. Should the Internet connection be requested for
any reason then the Belkin router will automatically reconnect to the Internet.
However these features cannot always be totally relied upon. Therefore it
is imperative to read the following information to avoid unwanted service
charge costs.
It is important to know that not all requests to reconnect are made by the
users themselves. A request to reconnect can be given by Internet Explorer
or any other Internet Browser, Email clients such as Outlook Express and
automatic update programs like Windows update and Antivirus programs.
This type of program may cause the connection to stay active, not allowing
the automatic disconnect feature to engage.
It is also very important to realise that even when a computer is physically
shutdown this does not necessarily mean that the Internet connection
between the router and the ISP will be terminated. There are many cases
where after powering down the PC that the Internet connection remains
active due to sessions made to locations on the Internet that have not been
terminated. (E.g. General browsing, Peer to peer programs, Trojan viruses
etc). Turning off the connected computers is not a reliable way of ensuring
that an unwanted active connection is avoided.
We feel it also important to warn users that if using a wireless system it is
advisable to apply wireless security to avoid having the network utilized by
unwanted parties (for details on how to do this refer to the user manual).
Unwanted users on the network are able to activate the Internet connection
leading to high service cost charges.
It is at the users own risk that they rely upon the automatic disconnect
feature in the Belkin router. It is for the users themselves to ensure that the
connection to the Internet is completely disconnected and remains inactive
until required by the end user.
Therefore Belkin GMBH cannot be held accountable for excessive service
charges imposed by the ISP due to unwanted extended connection times or
amounts of transmitted and /or received data.
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