Re: debian-friendly DSL/cable ISP in NYC area?
hi kurt,
in the new jersey area... well, for dial-up, i'm not sure. for
broadband:
dsl - the local telco is verizon. if you get their residential package,
i'm pretty sure they use pppoe on adsl... which the roaring penguin
softare should work fine provided your kernel supports it. their
buisiness class dsl (sdsl) should use tcp/ip with no user-authentication
such as pppoe.
if you can find an isp that uses covad (www.covad.com) as a clec, that
would be nice. their sdsl packages may start around $100 per month for
192k and go up (and maybe past) 1.5 mb/s. if these isp's use covad for
adsl lines, you may find one for about $40 per month. they may or may
not use pppoe.
cable - there are at least 3 main cable providers in nj, anyway. i
haven't heard any problems from any of them with linux.... they don't
"support" linux, but they work. most of them use tcp/ip and no pppoe.
what this comes down to.... tcp/ip is fine. either way, if you have
static or dynamic ip addressing, it should work. if they use pppoe, just
look into whether the roaring penguin package will work. if it's dial
up, just check into what authentication they use.... most will be ppp,
which the pppd package should handle nicely.
good luck, and welcome to the area!
jason
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