On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 09:43:48 -0500
burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On December  2, 2001 12:36 am, Ian wrote:
> 
> > I for one, will gladly see my service divorced from @home, it was
their
> > s#!t email servers that led to my purchasing and hosting of my own
> > domain.  I was missing mails, receiving replies to the list, before
the
> > post I'd sent, other emails were arriving 10 (yes ten) days late.
> 
> Precisely. Ditto here.
> 
> In fact, I'm now looking at alternatives. Rogers does not seem to be
able top 
> come up with a Linux friendly way of running their dhcp servers. There
are 
> some silly "Windowsizations" (e.g. winbios identities) that make it
very 
> difficult to successfully get a dhcp lease. My server here keeps
coming back 
> reporting that the udp packet returned from Rogers dhcp sever was of a

> non-standard length and was not recognized.
> 
> Has anyone heard anything (good or bad) about IStop (www.istop.com )?
They 
> say they officially support Linux and offer a variety of bandwidth
schemes 
> including fixed IPs and no prohibition on legitimately-used servers.

I've heard nothing either way about IStop, but if Telus is in your neck
o' the woods you might want to give give them a try. They don't
'officially' support Linux but I've been using them for years, first
with dial-up and later with aDSL, and I've had zero problems so far. 

HTH
-- 
Myles Green Calgary AB Canada
Alberta Linux Step by Step Mirror:
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mylesg/



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