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On Thu, 20 Dec 2007, Cole Tuininga wrote: > > 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?
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