From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jun 8 20:23: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A64D37B656 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 20:22:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA00665; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 21:22:50 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20000608212207.045d9cb0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 21:22:42 -0600 To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: ISP in Si Valley In-Reply-To: <20000607114248.A307@dialin-client.scitec.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Two that are demonstrably UNIX-friendly are rahul.net and idiom.net. --Brett At 12:42 PM 6/7/2000, Crist J. Clark wrote: >I hate to post the ol' "FreeBSD Friendly ISP in Here>" question, but the maillist search is not up for the task. > >I just relocated to San Jose, CA, and I know there are plenty of >readers of this list in that area. Right now I am temporarily housed >so coax cable or DSL are probably not worthwhile options. All I want >is a local phone number to dial-up to. I'd just go with one of the >national mega-ISPs, but the CDs they send out run on Windoze, which I >do not. I can imagine the phone conversation now trying to extract the >information needed to configure my PPP from one of their help desk >drones. I shudder. > >Anyone have a suggestion for a local ISP in the Valley? I just want to >call and connect, a maildrop is good but not necessary. No frills, low >bills. If anyone can reassure me that using one of the big guys, AOL, >ATT, etc., is not too painful (or the trick to make it painless), that >would be just as good. > >Thanks. >-- >Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message