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Hey folks - We got my mother in law a system (it's her first computer) and I stuck Ubuntu on it. When she came up (I live in NH lakes region - she lives down in New Bedford, MA) I gave her a tour of using it and give her some instructions on how to get Internet service for home. She ended up going with Verizon. They sent her a DSL kit which I talked her through setting up. When they finally turned the service on, sure enough - she has to register ... which (according to the dumbass Verizon web app) can only be done from a Windows or Mac system. Tech support told her that they will not in any way support getting set up with a Linux system. Idiots. Sorry - I'm a bit frustrated that in this day and age, providers are still doing silly things like forcing people to use *only* the OS's they want you to use. In any case, she doesn't have any friends down there that can bring over a Windows system to get past the registration (at which point, I'm guessing the service would just work). She also can't afford the $60/month that Comcast wants to charge her. So I'm wondering - does anybody have experience with (not dialup) service providers down that way who have half a clue ... or even just don't do things like this that *prevent* Linux users from getting online? Thanks in advance. -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >> A: Top-posting. >>> Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail Cole Tuininga [hidden email] http://www.code-energy.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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