Dialup modem POP server has sold our addresses to GlobalPOPs, Inc
I am stuck outside city limits and have access to the internet only through a very slow dialup modem that connects through a local internet provider, 281.com. It appears 281.com has sold our addresses to GlobalPOPs, Inc, and every time I connect, the browser uses the IP for GlobalPOPs and a different "node" dialup for each session. I have had my email address for 11 years, and I'm thinking I will have to change my IP to solve this problem. I REALLY don't want to go through all that trouble, and I'm hoping you could suggest a way to bypass the GlobalPOPs, and return to browsing on the correct IP for 281.com. I hope that makes sense to someone...???...HELP!
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Have you tried customer service for your ISP?
Your email address and your computer's IP address are not related, so as long as there is nothing suspicious or untoward about how you are being connected to the network, you shouldn't experience any problems with your email.
If you suspect that your connection has been hijacked, one way this can happen is if your regular DNS servers assigned by your ISP have been switched to different DNS servers. Each network connection on your PC may have its own DNS settings buried in the TCP/IP properties for that connection. I don't have any dial-up connections at the moment, so I don't recall what they usually look like. Again, this is something your ISP usually will help with.
Thank you, jshcer2000! I have spoken with a techie from 281.com, but he was such a new employee that he didn't know how to change my password for the browser connection. Maybe I can find a more knowledgeable employee tomorrow...we'll see.
My main concern about the connections being made by GlobalPOPs is that each time I connect, a different "node" is used for the connection. For example, one connection was (node 21.13.251.72.1dial.com), which is listed with ARIN.net as DoD Network Info Center, (that's Department of Defense for Pete's sake!), in Columbus, Ohio. I've also identified the following nodes: Guadalupe Valley Telephone Coop in New Braunfels, TX; Distribuidora Avicola in Bermejillo, Durango, Mexico; Halliburton in Houston, TX; IANA Special Use Internet Assigned Numbers in Marina Del Ray, CA; and the US Postal Svc in Raleigh, NC. How WEIRD is all that?? Why in the world would my email messages have to travel to me through those channels?? I find all the registry numbers and "nodes" on the header of the page that appears when I log on to download my email through City Mail, a squirrel mail service that all of 281.com's mail passes through. I would never have known all this was going on if I had not checked my email through that connection every day. It has only been displaying the new registry numbers for about two weeks, and I'm hoping something can be done to opt out.
I am afraid 281.com has sold us out, and I will have to switch to another ISP. What a headache! Thank you again for your suggestions, and I will surely try my best to find out what's going on with 281.com. Keepin' my fingers crossed!