Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 17:21:57 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Bowman" <crb@ChrisBowman.com> To: "Griffin, Clarence" <Clarence_Griffin@ed.gov> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "'fug-washdc@sytex.net'" <fug-washdc@Sytex.Net>, "'isp-tech@isp-tech.com'" <isp-tech@isp-tech.com>, "'isp-tech@isp-tech.com'" <isp-tech@isp-tech.com>, "'Bluebeard@Bluebeard.net'" <Bluebeard@Bluebeard.net> Subject: Re: fug-washdc BSD friendly ISPs? Message-ID: <199902082226.RAA01353@quark.ChrisBowman.com> In-Reply-To: <416C351C579FD211B2B200062B001FF03AF422@wdcfb6exc01.ed.gov>
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At 10:46 AM 2/8/99 -0500, Griffin, Clarence wrote: > >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 currently have service through erols.com and whereas I don't know if they know FreeBSD from a hole in the wall, I have had no problem with them. I never get busy signals, and haven't had any problems with my mail. These 2 being the only services besides news for which I use them. I have a static IP from them (~$75/yr) which allows me to do dial on demand NAT for my 8 host home network. I would be happy to post my ppp.conf file if it would help. Now that I think about it though, the one time I wanted support, I was reporting a rooting of my FreeBSD gateway that appeared to come from one of their machines. My email notification received not even an acknowledgement of receipt. -------- Christopher R. Bowman crb@ChrisBowman.com http://www.ChrisBowman.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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