Re: [Bug 1] Do we still live in telecommunications chains?
Paul Flint schrieb: I just tried to hook up and older gentleman with one of the charity systems we built from the state surplus stuff. The system boots Ubuntu 6.10 Dapper Drake. The verizon Westell DSL access modem comes up with three lights. The system gets an IP address and a web page comes up. Technically the system is cherry. Then a Verizon web page appears and tells me that it cannot support this operating system, and when I call their support desk, they tell me that I have to use a Windows client or a Mac client. I thought the Carphone case allowed me choice in my telecommunications options. Why would I want this company to be able to sell this crapy backwards technical system to Fairpoint? What can I do to help this old guy get online? Maybe this blog entry will help you out: http://www.bensdrivel.com/?p=142 Really a pity some telcos are still that unflexible. Greetings, Wolfram Happy Ubuntu User from Berlin, Germany -- Wolfram Riedel [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wolframswebworld.de Wer Sicherheit der Freiheit vorzieht ist zu Recht ein Sklave. -- Aristoteles -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1] Do we still live in telecommunications chains?
Greetings List Lurkers, I just tried to hook up and older gentleman with one of the charity systems we built from the state surplus stuff. The system boots Ubuntu 6.10 Dapper Drake. The verizon Westell DSL access modem comes up with three lights. The system gets an IP address and a web page comes up. Technically the system is cherry. Then a Verizon web page appears and tells me that it cannot support this operating system, and when I call their support desk, they tell me that I have to use a Windows client or a Mac client. I thought the Carphone case allowed me choice in my telecommunications options. Why would I want this company to be able to sell this crapy backwards technical system to Fairpoint? What can I do to help this old guy get online? Regards, Flint / Paul Flint Barre Open Systems Institute 17 Averill Street Barre, VT 05641 http://www.bosivt.org http://www.flint.com/home skype: flintinfotech Work: (202) 537-0480 Fax: (703) 852-7089 Free advice .~. is worth/V\ exactly what /( )\ you pay for it.^^-^^ -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
