On 02/03/2011 01:50 AM, Porkchop wrote:
On 02/02/11 21:25 -0500, Adam wrote:
My parents are running into ongoing problems (residential only) both
with their computer system and their ISP. I can handle the system part,
but they're also interested in a new ISP -- a _reliable_ one. I'm
Last I knew, bestweb.net provided dialup as an option. I thought they were
great for my SDSL service when I lived in Pok, but I hear others have had mixed
results.
Failing that, you could see how cheap you can get a POTS line at your house.
All you have to do is find a modem, throw some options in getty and pppd, and
boom. You're an ISP.
Last time I had tried BestWeb for Linux dialup, it was able to get an IP
through DHCP, establish the DNS entries, but then couldn't establish
routes. Their performance under Windows has become flakey as well over
the years (I had started with BW about 1996-97, haven't dialed-up since
2009). For that matter, I think I had at one time been able to dial-up
through BW back about 1999-2000 under Linux, so that adds to my
impression that their service is degrading.
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