ISPs allowing desktop Linux client to surf the web?

[rob-IdUdaS/NwSyQrzRDRVclEQ at public.gmane.org (Rob Hasselbaum)]

Comcast and Verizon are agnostic to the type of client you use. Sometimes
they offer bundled software such as antivirus as an option, and that
software may require those operating systems, but there's no other special
client software required to connect to their networks.


On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 2:58 PM, <david_a_reed-fZsAqLoOLWc at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Although I've used desktop Linux (SuSe, Knoppix, Ubuntu) for various
> accounting functions for ten years and have been running Apache web servers
> on RHEL for nearly as long, my personal web surfing has always been via
> Windows.  Now I would like to surf the web from a Linux client (Ubuntu or
> Puppy), I'm wondering if there are any Linux-friendly ISPs servicing the
> Boston-to-Cape Cod area.
>
> When I Google "Linux-friendly ISP" the only one I come up with is
> Eskimo.com in the state of Washington.  As far as I can tell, Comcast and
> Verizon require Windows or Mac on the client machine.  Is that on account of
> the hardware that they provide?
>
> Also, am I correct in assuming that a Linux client with a dial-up 56K modem
> should be able to use any service provider?
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
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