Britain to get tough on dialers ?

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Originally posted by JoesHO1@Nov 29 2004, 10:35 AM
does europe have broadband? does that make dialers incapable of working?

Yes and No.....

If a person is using a broadband connection (dsl, cable, whatever) and does not have a regular modem attached to their computer then No, a dialer could not work.

However, if there is an active phone modem in the computer, the user could have their preferred method (broadband) clandestinely cut off by a dialer program and could be switched to dial up without their knowledge. I am not saying any dialers are doing this at this time, but it is definitely a theoretical possibillity.

However, most of the computers that are targeted by dialers are those using just a dial up connection.