Subject: RE: DSL situation
From: David Marceau (dmarceau@metrowerks.com)
Date: Mon Oct 30 2000 - 12:21:41 MST
I am quite surprised since the sympatico(BELL CANADA) users group in Canada
is
is able to use pppoe with adsl-setup/adsl-start/adsl-stop to directly get
connected onto their net.
There is even a ppc version of this stuff from what I've seen in the group.
I suggest searching the net for +sympatico +user +group +linux +adsl
or searching for +pppoe +ppc +linux +sympatico
Good luck.
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Santé bonheur :)
David Marceau
http://www.deja.com/my/pb.xp?member_name=davidmarceau4432
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr S Douglass [mailto:sr_s_douglass@mac.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 1:17 PM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: DSL situation
>
>
> 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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