Download/HomepageConnectivity software works by sending an
irregular signal down to the ISP, to remind them you are still
online. ISPs do not like them, as they stop the automatic
disconnection of accounts that do not seem to be doing anything,
and thus are wasting their expensive bandwidth. They forget you
may be surfing and have stopped to read something, or download a
file. Personally I am not keen on them either, most of the ones I
have tried tend to mess up my downloading or clash with moody old
MSIE4.
I decided to give StealthPing the ultimate trial - a Friday night
and most of Saturday spent on the Net. Installing it was simple
and quick, and it lets you choose your folder. It launches from
the start button, and sits on your taskbar.There are various
settings for timing the "pings" but the best is
Stealthmode, which prevents the ISP from picking up on the fact
you are using a Ping facility.
I launched StealthPing at 9pm on Friday, and stayed online until
1am. No disconnections at all - I usually get one or two on
Friday nights. At 9am Saturday I started my search for a
particular piece of clip-art I need, stopping here and there to
look at things of interest. I ran through a list of a dozen
websites, did two downloads, copied several images onto my hard
drive and uploaded a new page onto my web site. I also downloaded
the latest version of MIRC, wrote and received some mails and
uploaded a new page onto my site.
I stopped now and then to put washing on, prepare breakfast, make
coffee, or just take a break and whilst away from the PC left it
connected. All together I was online from 9am to 3pm, I would
normally have suffered at least half a dozen disconnections
during that time. With StealthPing not ONCE did my connection
drop! Not even at 2pm when the Americans came on line.
So - StealthPing works. And without messing up a download, an
upload, a long surf or mail transfers. It got on well with MSIE4,
the file size is tiny, there was no change in transfer speeds and
no bugs -altogether an excellent utility and great value for
money. It is suitable for both beginners and advanced users.
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