I recently wrote an article on free ISPs for OsOpinion which sparked a
lot of discussion about free ISPs who are friendly to Linux, and this
had me pondering "What if we had a distro which offered pre-installed
free Internet for a wide variety of locations?" --- we know Compaq is
planning to offer free internet (NetZero) with new Windows PCs, and it
is only a matter of time before MS does something similar, but our
advantage is we do not need to have one "strategic partner" but can
list any number of free ISPs without offending any of the others.
What I imagine is either KPPP (although I truly believe diald is more
practical for the home or home-office dialup user) pre-configured from
an install section or config script that lets the person select either
a free ISP (if one is close enough) or to put in the details of their
own ISP. As more and more free ISPs appear, we can expand the list.
Is this doable?
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Gary Lawrence Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TeleDynamics Communications Inc
Business Telecom Services : Internet Consulting : http://www.teledyn.com
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