On Monday 21 Mar 2005 20:55, Malcolm Candlish wrote: > Sirs, > > Can any one give me ideas on the best broadband provider for > Mandrake-Linux. At present I have a dial up modem and have been so far > attracted to Metronet who charge only £10 per month: although there are > extra charges for heavy downloads. > Do your costings carefully, particularly if you intend to download future distros or use bittorrent.
My provider is mailbox.co.uk, which is not the cheapest, but because it is unlimited I think it is good value. > Can Linux work with any provider as in the case of dial up. > It's not so much that, as that many providers can't or won't work with linux. It's simple enough, really, if they will give you straightforward information that you need to set up your connection, but some simply will not talk to you if you are going to use linux. I would suggest that you email the support line of any provider you are considering, tell them that you are going to be using linux and ask if you will have any problems. You will quickly be able to tell from their replies whether they are going to be good to work with or a PITA. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels
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