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Gareth · 25-10-2006, 16:55

Was it just a plain-vanilla pay-as-you-go dial-up account? Or did they sign-up to something? If they signed-up then it could be that the ISP uses the CLID (caller ID) to determine the user, in addition to a username and password.

If they're not bothered, just sign 'em up with another ISP. Windows has a handy built-in feature to allow you to create a pay-as-you-go account with various ISPs. You dial in to Microsoft's freephone number, and it pulls all the details. There's companies such as Virgin.net, supanet, etc... - just watch out for those that are pay-as-you-go and those that are contract-based.

25-10-2006, 16:55	#6
Gareth cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Age: 50 Posts: 7,101	Re: Dial up problem with friends PC Was it just a plain-vanilla pay-as-you-go dial-up account? Or did they sign-up to something? If they signed-up then it could be that the ISP uses the CLID (caller ID) to determine the user, in addition to a username and password. If they're not bothered, just sign 'em up with another ISP. Windows has a handy built-in feature to allow you to create a pay-as-you-go account with various ISPs. You dial in to Microsoft's freephone number, and it pulls all the details. There's companies such as Virgin.net, supanet, etc... - just watch out for those that are pay-as-you-go and those that are contract-based.