Linux-friendly ISPs?

[kentborg at borg.org (Kent Borg)]

On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 11:43:34AM -0700, Amy E. Brown wrote:
> Which ISPs with Boston-area access numbers are Linux-friendly AND
> stable?  My current ISP can't deal with anything other than Windows
> and IE.

If an ISP uses standard stuff, likely PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol),
then Linux will work fine--and likely it will work fine with your
current ISP.

Unless, however, you use AOL or MSN (I think), then you need to deal
with their special protocols, and there is no Linux support for that.

If you go to DSL then the question becomes more subtle, but you said
dial-up...  (blech)

What is your current ISP?  Are they decent for you in general?


-kb, the Kent who used to long for the day he would hear the sound of
a modem connecting and say: "I haven't heard *that* in ages!", and now
he has reached that point, and he is glad of it.