[clue-tech] Switching to Qwest DSL soon, any suggestions?

[Angelo Bertolli]

Ken MacFerrin wrote:
> mike havlicek wrote:
>   
>> First of all, I pegged their diagnostics.
>>
>>
>> Its about $89.00 a month.  It did take about 5 yrs to
>> get the service. There is a reason. A troublesome
>> behavior is between credit companies and ISPs. 
>>
>>
>> Credit card companies are starting to validate via IP
>> address. This can be troublesome. Credit card
>> companies won't let you make a payment unless they
>> recognize your IP whether it be for one machine or
>> NAT. This is a problem. 
>>
>> Providers such as Comcast will change your address
>> unknowingly. Then you have to reconfigure your credit
>> accounts to even pay your bills.
>>
>>     
>
> Which CC company have you experienced this with?  It doesn't seem to
> make much sense considering many folks log-in regularly via different
> IPs, whether it be traveling, work, school, dial-up customers, etc.
> I've never experienced this issue myself.
I don't know if this is the same thing, but Bank of America tries to add 
a layer of protection by recognizing a computer that you use to login 
with.  But I thought it was doing this with cookies.