DSL situation


Subject: DSL situation
From: Dr S Douglass (sr_s_douglass@mac.com)
Date: Mon Oct 30 2000 - 11:17:28 MST


Ok. Here is the deal. Bellsouth is a pain in the keister.

I called again today and spoke to one of the higher ups, and it seems they
use a propriatary protocol to prevent people from using DSL to have
unauthorized accounts. Explanation. They use a special Enternet software to
keep people who already own DSL modems from "hacking" into Bellsouth and
getting free service. And I was told unless I have a supported OS, I had
better not try and use this service. Apparently, I need the special
Bellsouth Enternet front end to us my DSL account, and I was told that
unauthorized use of my acount, or any tampering with my account would result
in termination of my service.

Now, that said. What should I do. is this at all true, and do they actually
have a right to do this?

Also, from the Mac front, I was rather insulted by this rude twit. He said,
as follows. "it is bad enough we have to support Macs on our network, and
now we have Mac Linux. We have no plans to support Mac Linux now, or at any
time in the future. I apologize sir, but, this is a niche market, and merely
a passing novelty. And just for your information, we do not support the OSX
beta that Apple has been distributing. Thank you for using bellsouth." And
then he hung up. So there is the deal.

Any ideas as to a work around? Cable modems are not available in my area,
and are Windows peecees only in the area where they are thanks to Charter
Communications.

Any advice would be wonderful.
Feeling discouraged in South Carolina, the polar south of the technical
mecha, <dr_s_douglass@mac.com>



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