On Mon 29 Dec 2008 07:18:50 NZDT +1300, Bernard Frankpitt wrote: > After 3 years of trouble free service Slingshot has installed ppp peers > that my linux machine can't communicate with.
My guess would be that it can be made to work. The first answer to ppp issues is to use wvdial instead of that chat rubbish certain distros were using forever. Try wvdial with and without stupid mode. > Does any one have suggestions > for Linux-friendly dial-up or broadband services in Christchurch? My > telephone provider is Telstra. Well, easy answer for broadband then. Dunno about dial-up, but if you chose Paradise as Telstra broadband ISP (if you can do that still), you automatically get Paradise dial-up at about $3/h as well. Good for backup. Be aware though that Paradise is on the way out and no longer handles any email. All Telstra email is handled by Clear. As far as quality goes, Paradise used to be a top NZ ISP, but has plummeted at Telstra's hand. At the moment I'd not rate them more than about average. If you can get their tech support on the phone, they're very good, but don't bother sending any emails to their support. Telstra's prices have also gone up rather noticably ever since Consumer gave them too good grades for too long... ;) Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
