Subject: Re: DSL situation
From: andu (undo@cloud9.net)
Date: Mon Oct 30 2000 - 11:52:23 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>
Their claims are bull and ignorance but a safe (more expansive) solution would be a
DSL router with NAT.
Regards, Andu
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