Quartz

Granted, nowadays, high-speed Internet service is a must for many computer users, particularly if their work entails sending emails, communicating in real-time with associates or potential clients or following various leads. Despite the fact that it is widely considered obsolete, the dial-up connection comes with a few benefits, including portable access from any location with a phone line and low cost.

Regardless of the reasons why you opted for a dial-up type of connection, there is a chance that you want to manage it more efficiently and make the most of it. Quartz is a tool designed to lend you a hand with dials, redials as well as connects and disconnects.

As you probably hinted, the tool permits you to automatically disconnect and connect at specific interval, when you are likely to need to use the Internet. Moreover, you can generate HTTP traffic to up to 5 websites, so you avert disconnects due to idling.

A further noteworthy feature is that the tool lets you enter a FQDN instead of a changing IP address, so there is no confusion regarding the connection. As you would expect, if you operate with NO-IP, DynDNS or DtDNS accounts, then the application ensures that the URL is updated automatically.