I think Shaun's very correct. Also he's stumbled apon another avenue of support by stealth... Tell 'em you're running Mozilla on Mac-OS-X, it's probably closer than my earlier suggestion of Win98.
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Shaun Oliver wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > kevin, unfortunately this is not just limited to the banks. > I called optus tech support a week or so ago because we were having no > end of problems with connecting to the internet and all, > I was asked to go to my network places and promptly told the lady I was > using smoothwall. > which is based on linux. > the response I got was I'm sorry but we don't support linux, > however if it's windows or mac, we support it. > > after which I had it suggested to me that I remove the modem driver and > reinstall it. > to which I replyed there's no modem driver. > > I was duely told that all modems need a driver no matter serial or pci > or isa. > > After this little bit of information which I promptly disguarded as > utter bullshit, I asked how full the dialin servers were. > I was promptly told that the blacktown pop which is where i live, was at > 50% capacety. > after ending the call on that note, I tryed the internet again and > surprise surprise connection first go. > it's about time people started supporting linux. at the very least at > the gui level. > the more information they can give us about their services the easier it > is for us who actually give a shit what goes on our computers to debug > our problems. > isps need to wake up and realise that there's more than windblows out > there. > oh and on supporting mac, I told the ill imformed pleb on the other end > of the phone that mac's os is unix based, to which I got no valid > argument. > so there you have it. > it's just not the big 4, it's the isps as well. > > > - -- > Shaun Oliver > > > "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person." > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WEB: http://blindman.homelinux.org/ > IRC: irc.awesomechat.net:6666 > IRCNICK: blindman > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQFAERn267hYtcFGIIcRAlFsAJ4/WWknBQxINacY9YXs9EHlOq3R7QCgk6uO > 3S5VYh5Ul2LNuDwipVr4cco= > =sloU > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- ---<GRiP>--- Electronic Hobbyist, Former Arcadia BBS nut, Occasional nudist, Linux Guru, SLUG/AUUG/Linux Australia member, Sydney Flashmobber, BMX rider, Walker, Raver & rave music lover, Big kid that refuses to grow up. I'd make a good family pet, take me home today! Do people actually read these things? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
