From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 8 17:05:58 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA06652 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 17:05:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp4.erols.com (smtp4.erols.com [207.172.3.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA06532 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 17:05:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julius@erols.com) Received: from jjulius (207-172-32-59.s59.as9.rkv.erols.com [207.172.32.59]) by smtp4.erols.com (8.8.8/smtp-v1) with SMTP id UAA03403; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 20:05:42 -0500 (EST) From: "Sharon and/or Jerome Julius" To: "Griffin, Clarence" , , "'fug-washdc@sytex.net'" , Cc: Subject: Re: fug-washdc BSD friendly ISPs? Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 20:10:35 -0500 Message-ID: <01be53c8$ff219c70$3b20accf@jjulius.erols.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I also have been able to use erols.com with version 2.2.8 ( did not have the same luck before I upgraded from 2.1) I use Netscape 4.5 from the pacakages to surf and have also been able to ftp. Have not tried telnetting -----Original Message----- From: Griffin, Clarence To: 'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG' ; 'fug-washdc@sytex.net' ; 'isp-tech@isp-tech.com' ; 'isp-tech@isp-tech.com' Cc: 'Bluebeard@Bluebeard.net' Date: Monday, February 08, 1999 1:06 PM Subject: fug-washdc BSD friendly ISPs? > >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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message