Selecting communication link between client and server

For a client system capable of connecting to a server system over a network, wherein the client system can communicate with the server system via any one of a plurality of communication links, a computer program product carrying computer executable instructions that implement a method of selecting a communication link for communicating with the server system, the method comprising the client system performing steps for:

• identifying a first communication link available to the client system for communicating with the server system, wherein the first communication link may be subject to a prime usage time period;
• identifying a second communication link available to the client system for communicating with the server system;
• determining whether the prime usage time period applies to the first communication link;
• and
• if the prime usage time period applies to the first communication link, then communicating over the second communication link.

In a client system capable of connecting to a server system over a network, wherein the client system can communicate with the server system via any one of a plurality of communication links, a method of selecting a communication link for communicating with the server system, the method comprising the client system performing acts of:

• associating first information, including a prime usage time period, with a first communication link that is available to the client system;
• associating second information with a second communication link that is available to the client system;
• examining the first information associated with the first communication link to determine whether the prime usage time period applies to the first communication link;
• and
• selecting the first communication link if the prime usage time period does not apply to the first communication link.

For a client system capable of connecting to a server system over a network, wherein the client system can communicate with the server system via any one of a plurality of communication links, a computer program product carrying computer executable instructions that implement a method of selecting a communication link for communicating with the server system, the method comprising the client system performing acts of:

• associating first information, including a prime usage time period, with a first communication link that is available to the client system;
• associating second information with a second communication link that is available to the client system;
• examining the first information associated with the first communication link to determine whether the prime usage time period applies to the first communication link;
• and
• selecting the first communication link if the prime usage time period does not apply to the first communication link.