Dear Anne, You cover the position well. I am contacting a number of providers and hope I may find success. Best wishes, Malcolm.
On Monday 21 Mar 2005 21:24, Anne Wilson wrote: > 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
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