Re: [Hampshire] dyndns service changes?

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Author: Adam Trickett
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] dyndns service changes?
On Sunday 21 Oct 2007, Andy Random wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anybody else here use dyndns.com?


Yes.

> I got an email from them this weekend telling my account was about to
> expire due to inactivity, which was something of a surprise as I've had
> the same level of activity for most of the last 3 or 4 years.


I've had that in the past. Basically my dynamic IP didn't change much so they
treated that as lack of activity. I just manually set it to something else
then set it back again. All okay.

>
> they are making out this is a service improvement, however it looks to me
> like a way to try and encourage more people to pay them money...
>


They need to make money, they aren't a charity.

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Adam Trickett
Overton, HANTS, UK

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