From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 8 08:45:52 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA26965 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 08:45:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp1.vnet.net (smtp1.vnet.net [166.82.1.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA26959 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 08:45:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp1.vnet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA29040; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 11:42:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA00543; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 12:24:54 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.9.1/8.6.9) id LAA06351; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 11:42:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 11:42:23 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199902081642.LAA06351@lakes.dignus.com> To: Clarence_Griffin@ed.gov, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, fug-washdc@sytex.net, isp-tech@isp-tech.com Subject: Re: BSD friendly ISPs? Cc: Bluebeard@Bluebeard.net In-Reply-To: <416C351C579FD211B2B200062B001FF03AF422@wdcfb6exc01.ed.gov> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > OK folks, for reasons that are personal, I've decided that I'm _not_ going > to use MicroSoft to access the WWW or the Internet anymore. > > But.... I am having a devil of a time getting my FreeBSD to connect to my > current (private) ISP, and their tech support has tried to help, but after > several months of no success, I need to try some different ISP's who may be > more accustomed to working with non-Microsoft users. > > Can anyone suggest an ISP serving the 703 area code, who is not 'chilled to > the bone' and the thought of helping someone who is not a Microsoft devote > to access the Internet? > > I'm looking for a ppp connection that, using FreeBSD 2.2.8, (and or > sometimes R.H. Linux, depending on my mood) and I want to be able to WWW, > FTP, and Telnet. Have several e-mail accounts now, so that is not an > priority. > > Please respond to me here, or at the cc'd address above if you do not wish > to respond to the 'list'. > > BTW, I am a member of the ISP/C, but am not offering commercial services, > nor do I plan to soon. I just want to support the ISP/C's ability to speak > for the interests of small business men who need to be heard as this new > industry evolves and develops. > > Thanks in advance for anyone's recommendation and or suggestions. > > dg > I'm not sure about the (703) area code... but Vnet.net claims to be a national ISP. They have been very helpful with my connections... giving me a fixed IP address - tolerating SL/IP for many years (just moved over to PPP this morning) etc... See http://www.vnet.net. - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message