Re: [newbie] Free ISPs Compatible With Linux
Oh, now I see. I have used numerous isps, but the closest I have come to that is bt internet. They insist on giveing out an exe which is used to connect, so people cant copy there dun setting onto another system. It doesn't work. I connect on linux fine with it. - Original Message - From: Anthony [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 12:16 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Free ISPs Compatible With Linux The key word in this discussion is "Free". Regular ISP's work just fine, but free one's usually require you to run a .exe that displays ads while your connected. And since they don't make a Linux version of those ad programs, you can't connect to the free ISP. I dont know what all this fuss is about, unless us isps work differently than uk. All I had to do was enter the phone number, username, password, dns and a few other things to get both my isps going on linux. apart from aol, compuserve and msn, most isps should work with linux. The isp doesn't know what os is connecting to it. What is this about? -- Anthony http://binaryfusion.net Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
Re: [newbie] Free ISPs Compatible With Linux
Seems to work differently in the UK, most "Free" ISP's cost money. i.e you pay a fixed rate for unmetered access, say £10 per month and are allowed to access what I suppose in the US you call a toll free number. It's very much in it's infancy here, ISP's are starting up and closing down, then re-opening with new rules such as cut-off times after a period of connection, no on-line gaming etc. I believe some of them use ads in IE but as I connect from Linux I don't really know. I think the main difference is in the way US UK operate, historically we only had British Telecom (now BT) who charged for line rental and all calls both local and long distance, we now have 2 major ones and a number of smaller ones. I understand (possibly incorrectly) that in the US there are a number of telco's and the model is pay for the service and get local calls free. Apart from AOL etc when the internet began to take off in the UK a number of "Free" ISP's started up, the meaning of "Free" was that you didn't pay for the service as you did with AOL, Compuserve etc, but you did pay for calls to a local rate number. Now we have Unmetered Access which is not "Free" , with these services you pay a fixed rate to the ISP but don't pay for the cost of the call. And then there is Surftime from BT which means you pay BT a fixed fee for unmetered access and connect through an ISP who participates in the scheme and may or may not charge for the service. I hope someone out there understands this - I'm confused now Poogle On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, you wrote: The key word in this discussion is "Free". Regular ISP's work just fine, but free one's usually require you to run a .exe that displays ads while your connected. And since they don't make a Linux version of those ad programs, you can't connect to the free ISP. I dont know what all this fuss is about, unless us isps work differently than uk. All I had to do was enter the phone number, username, password, dns and a few other things to get both my isps going on linux. apart from aol, compuserve and msn, most isps should work with linux. The isp doesn't know what os is connecting to it. What is this about? -- Anthony http://binaryfusion.net Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
Re: [newbie] Free ISPs Compatible With Linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems to work differently in the UK, most "Free" ISP's cost money. i.e you pay a fixed rate for unmetered access, say £10 per month and are allowed to access what I suppose in the US you call a toll free number. I think you're confusing two things here. To the best of my knowledge, ALL free ISPs are actually free, i.e. you don't pay to use their service, but you pay for the phone call to access the service. Unmetered access is where you don't pay for the phone call. Some unmetered services are provided free of charge, some you pay a monthly subscription. You actually explained this towards the end of your post. Maybe you should have started at that end :-). Regards Lance
Re: [newbie] Free ISPs Compatible With Linux
The key word in this discussion is "Free". Regular ISP's work just fine, but free one's usually require you to run a .exe that displays ads while your connected. And since they don't make a Linux version of those ad programs, you can't connect to the free ISP. I dont know what all this fuss is about, unless us isps work differently than uk. All I had to do was enter the phone number, username, password, dns and a few other things to get both my isps going on linux. apart from aol, compuserve and msn, most isps should work with linux. The isp doesn't know what os is connecting to it. What is this about? -- Anthony http://binaryfusion.net Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
[newbie] Free ISPs Compatible With Linux
Does anyone know of any free ISP's that offer versions of their software that are Linux compatible? I presently use Yahoo's Blue Light but the only version of their software that is available is for Windoze. Any help would be appreciated. --Drew-- Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [newbie] Free ISPs Compatible With Linux
Andrew Bartorillo wrote: Does anyone know of any free ISP's that offer versions of their software that are Linux compatible? I presently use Yahoo's Blue Light but the only version of their software that is available is for Windoze. Any help would be appreciated. --Drew-- Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 Drew, you may want to search the nebie list archives on this subject. I seem to remember something on this going around the list a few weeks ago. Mark
Re: [newbie] Free ISPs Compatible With Linux
I dont know what all this fuss is about, unless us isps work differently than uk. All I had to do was enter the phone number, username, password, dns and a few other things to get both my isps going on linux. apart from aol, compuserve and msn, most isps should work with linux. The isp doesn't know what os is connecting to it. What is this about? - Original Message - From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 3:45 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Free ISPs Compatible With Linux Andrew Bartorillo wrote: Does anyone know of any free ISP's that offer versions of their software that are Linux compatible? I presently use Yahoo's Blue Light but the only version of their software that is available is for Windoze. Any help would be appreciated. --Drew-- Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 Drew, you may want to search the nebie list archives on this subject. I seem to remember something on this going around the list a few weeks ago. Mark
