On Fri, 30 May 2003 09:05:53 -0600 Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> quoting Len Lawrence's missive of Thursday 29 May 2003 11:37 pm: > > Need your help again folks! > > > > Been swithering for months about taking up Telewest on their > > BlueYonder offer. Already have TV and telephone on cable. Next year > > I may be able to afford a high end notebook, which I would use for the > > broadband connection, leaving my 2 PCs upstairs on the 56K modem > > connection to Demon for email. > ----------- snip ----------------------- > > If the pages that I linked below is any indication the service will work with > Mandrake just fine: > > http://www.ordior.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BySwFAQ.html#sw7 > > Also this one with references to Mandrake: > > http://www.by-users.co.uk/faqs/linux/ > > and finally here: > > http://www.wellsted.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/config-linux.html > > -------- snip ---------- > Let's look at a case shall we? A downstairs neighbour subscribed to the > service a few months back. She was running a box with Windows 98 SE and was > told she had to pick up the modem and NIC, install the card into a PCI slot, > connect the power cord and RJ45 cable then; "Load the install disk and run it > to configure the system which changes the browser branding and configures the > operating system, mail client, and network card" etc and so on. Or set up an > appointment to have a tech come out to do it for her. Sure she did. I had to > show her how install a set of drivers for her NIC, then manually set up > (winipcfg) entries for the DNS servers (memorized) etc., then argue with > Windows a bit since it's been such a long time since I helped anyone set up > any connection under Windows. After finally getting a connection, optimizing > it, and fiddling to set up the initial e-mail account I rebooted her system > and ran it from a Knoppix 3.2 disk. I had to do _nothing_ to have a > connection, the system found and configured what was needed automagically. > > So did Mandrake 9.0. Just had to give it the (memorized) mail server names. I > don't think there would be a difference with 9.1; at least I haven't had to > do anything weird with the 21 systems I have helped people install it on. All that is very encouraging. > Mandrake is smarter than any version of Windows, more configurable after the > fact, and you can count on the people here to help more than you ever could > any Windows forum/list/user news group. Right? Right on. > Just as an aside that 2.0MB service seems to be about equivalent to what my > ISP here calls "Shaw Lite" which denotes a lower bandwidth service roughly > equal to what's available from the phone company for aDSL at the same > (roughly +/- $5) price of CDN$29.95 per month. 1.5 MB download, 756 KB upload > speeds. The regular cable or "Shaw High Speed Internet" is rated at 8.0 MB > down and 1.5 MB up. The cost is CDN$42.95 per month, or that plus digital > cable for CDN$89.95. One must purchase the set top digital cable box for an > additional CDN$89.95 for that though. Or (barf!) rent it monthly. > > I'm only comparing prices etc for the simple reason that I think you poor > benighted souls in the U.K. pay far too much for service. Amongst other things. > I'm also wondering when the provider here will start bundling telephone > service as well. <g> I hope some of this helps you. > It sure does Charlie. Will go right ahead and order the service. Thanks for your help, and thanks to the other posters as well. -- Len Lawrence ---------------------------------------------------------- Progress might have been all right once, but it's gone on too long. -- Ogden Nash ----------------------------------------------------------
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