STEP ONE : ( Figure 1.1 & Figure 1.2 )

• Pinging your domain to determine the actual IP address can be performed from the following :
  Online WWPing Form Page
• You will be presented with a screen ( As shown in figure 1.1 below )
  
• Enter Your Domain Name. ( Do not use http://www ) as the "Server's Address"
• Select the Search Type as: DNS and HTTP
• Select "Submit" and a page will be returned to you with the information ( As shown in figure 1.2 below )
  Write down the "IP Number that is reported back to you for your domain name.
  
• Return to this page and proceed to STEP 2

figure 1.1

figure 1.2

• Type the "IP Number" into your browsers location box, and try connecting to your site.
• If you connect to a "TopChoice" User login page or any other page than your site, you should contact TopChoice immediately and request they assign you a "Static IP Address". This is very important to the integrity of your "Virtual Domain". If you do not have a static IP then you are sharing the same one with as many as 100 or more other accounts on the same web server your account is on. Should one of these other users upload Pornography or other material to the main IP address accidently, there is a risk (although be it small) that a visitor could connect to this using "Your Domain Name". In addition visitors using older version browsers will not be able to connect to "Your Domain Name". They will also reach the "TopChoice" User login page instead.
• Regardless of the IP address, you can continue to STEP 3

Performing a Network Lookup of your Domain:

• This may be performed via The Following Location
• You will be presented with a page containing a form ( As shown in figure 1.3 below )
• Select the Option as"Express Trace"
• Enter the IP Address from the Ping of your Domain in the box "Enter Value"
• Select "Submit" and a page will be returned to you with some various information.
• Scroll down this information and locate the "Network Lookup Report" ( As shown in figure 1.4 below )
  
• You will find "BCTel Advanced Communications" Reported as the Carrier of "Top Choice Systems,
  Your Virtual Domains Host !"
• Contacting and Investigating service from BCTel Advanced Communications:

figure 1.3

figure 1.4

Email Response from BCTel Asking "Do you Offer T3 Connections" ? On November 03 1998 I received the following response to a simple question. "Does BCTel Provide T3 Services to Vancouver Island ?" It was responded to by a BCTEL Internet Services Account Manager (Chris Hopson) Of interest is highlighted in yellow in the below scan of this Email Message. (Only my Personal Email Address has been blackened for my privacy) Should you wish to contact us, feel free to use truefacts@oocities.com

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