Re: ISPs

[Kent West <westk@nicanor.acu.edu>]

On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Robert wrote:

> Dont forget your small neighborhood ISP's. The smaller they are the better
> the service and the more knowledgeable (most of the time?) the employees.
> Robert

Just a mention....  My sister, who lives in my house, had an AOL account,
but once I pretty much banned Windows from the PC, she called AOL to shut
off her account; when they asked why she told them it was because we were
running Linux and AOL doesn't support Linux. The rep asked, "What's
Linux?" I kid you not.



> 
> At 10:59 AM 6/1/99 -0700, George Bonser wrote:
> >
> >1. AOL is not an ISP. They are an "Online Content Provider" that also
> >allows their users some access to the internet.
> >
> >2. Any ISP that does not require proprietary software to connect should
> >work just fine with Linux. In other words, Mindspring, Concentric, Verio,
> >Netcom ... all work just fine.
> >
> >
> >
> >On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 Morgoth3@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >> Are there any nationwide ISPs around for Linux users?  I'm using AOL,
> which 
> >> doesn't support Linux, and there aren't any Linux ISPs in my area.  It'd
> make 
> >> it a lot easier on me for upgrading if I could get onto the internet.
> Does 
> >> anyone know of anything like this?
> >> 
> >> Colin Winters
> >> 
> >> 
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> >George Bonser
> >
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