From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 14 19:55: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.enteract.com (mail.enteract.com [207.229.143.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B236637B4EC for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2001 19:55:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from shell-3.enteract.com (dscheidt@shell-3.enteract.com [207.229.143.42]) by mail.enteract.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA74574; Wed, 14 Feb 2001 21:54:52 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dscheidt@tumbolia.com) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 21:54:52 -0600 (CST) From: David Scheidt X-Sender: dscheidt@shell-3.enteract.com To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: Stephen McKay , Haikal Saadh , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Broadband downunder In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 14 Feb 2001, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: : :Heh. Norwegian cable providers also officially insist on Windows, but :IRL they're happy as clams to have the customer install the network :adapter and drivers himself, as long as he doesn't come whining to :them if it doesn't work. As for ADSL, the provider from which I've :ordered my line (not installed yet) says you can use anything you want :as long as it talks TCP/IP over Ethernet. They're happy to draw the :line between "mine" and "yours" at the router. : Shockingly, I had the same experience ordering DSL from Verizon. I was quite clear that I wasn't a Windows user, and was told that wasn't a problem, as long as my equipment did IP over ethernet and DHCP. We'll see, if the hardware ever shows up. -- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message