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Posted: Jan. 14 2005,05:20 QUOTE
I am putting together a guide about major and minor ISPs and how Linux friendly or unfriendly they are.  I'd like to leverage your first hand experiences while dealing with your ISPs.  Also, on the tech side, what hoops did you have to go through to get online?

Do you have any horror stories?  Or, have you ever been told "Sorry, we do not support your platform"?  Or, maybe you have had a very positive experience.  

Good or bad, please email me with your tale.  
john _at_ damnsmalllinux.org

Thanks.
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Posted: Jan. 14 2005,05:35 QUOTE
Email?  Whazzat?
I refuse to email answers to questions posted on a messageboard :)

The only experiences I've had in Linux were 2 local dialups and one DSL.  The dialups were identical to my experience with them in windows...semi-unreliable, but they worked okay most of the time.

DSL was through SBC Yahoo.  I was frightened at first when I received their software package because I envisioned an AOL world where I had to run their Windows software and browser just to connect to the net.  After some nagging I got the technician to admit that I didn't need their software as long as I had some sort of pppoe installed, so I went with roaring penguin and it was superduper....no problems other than an occasional server-side trouble.

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Posted: Jan. 14 2005,06:18 QUOTE
If you want to post here it is okay, but expect it to be referenced to in something a bit more organized than a thread in a forum.  If you have something a large please email it to me too.

mikshaw, how did you get your user and password info?  Did they provide it over the phone?
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Posted: Jan. 14 2005,11:15 QUOTE
ntl in the uk state access is unsupported buy if the modem is connected via ethernet then dhcp picks it up perfectly, although they need a lesson is c/s>>>>>>>>
its taken them 5 months to repair the cable under my house!!!!
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Posted: Jan. 14 2005,14:43 QUOTE
Quote (John @ Jan. 14 2005,01:18)
mikshaw, how did you get your user and password info?  Did they provide it over the phone?

yes.

If I remember correctly, though, they have a place oline to change the password once your account has been created.

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