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Date:      Mon, 9 Jul 2001 19:36:37 -0400
From:      "Christian S ." <cschreiber@netrail.net>
To:        Otter <otterr@telocity.com>
Cc:        "Mike G." <mike_garcia_m3@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DSL providers supporting FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20010709193637.H43699@netrail.net>
In-Reply-To: <PCEGINJJIOIMLAAHJLIPKEBOCFAA.otterr@telocity.com>; from otterr@telocity.com on Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 07:31:21PM -0400
References:  <20010709222057.35157.qmail@web14506.mail.yahoo.com> <PCEGINJJIOIMLAAHJLIPKEBOCFAA.otterr@telocity.com>

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I used BellSouth personally, and I can't speak for other DSL providers, but pray they don't send you a USB speedtouch - the support that exists
for it is pretty touch-and-go, and although I have heard of people getting it to work on their FreeBSD box, I haven't been so lucky.. :( I still
use Win98SE for my connection - the 10BaseT model is good if you can get it, but BS likes to charge upwards of $200 for a "home installation", and
won't let you do it yourself. I recommend that if you're handy with telco wiring inside the house, buy the Alcatel A1000 external 10BaseT model
from Ebay, and wire your home ports yourself. I, myself, am too lazy, but that seems to be the best bet.

Regards,
Christian

On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 07:31:21PM -0400, Otter babbled:
> Mike,
> I don't know of any that officially support it, but that shouldn't
> stop you. My ISP (Telocity) and the one I used before it (BellSouth)
> know nothing about what I use. They give me the link. I configure it.
> There's several resources online for help with the different ISPs. If
> you can post a question to the list with your ISP options and the area
> you live in, someone may be able to respond with some input on their
> experiences. They may even be able to provide you with help in
> configuring your system once you get DSL installed, if necessary.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > I was wondering if anyone knows of any DSL providers that have
> > the capability to support FreeBSD hosts.
> >
> > If you know any can you please let me know.  My current provider
> > only supports windows and mac.
> >
> > please respond to my email address cause I'm not a list
> > subscriber,
> > thank you,
---end quoted text---

-- 
Christian Schreiber, Netrail Network Security Engineer
- Ape will not kill Ape

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