Here in Wisconsin (USA) there are lots of options for internet (big cities in particular), who are REAL internet providers, not quasi like aol...
On Thursday 19 December 2002 03:57 pm, Terry Sheltra wrote: > Andrei, > > Check out this website: > > http://www.affinitypath.com/cgi-bin/mi/welcome.cgi?cb=2174 > > They even mention the Linux operating system in the system requirements > section. You don't even need to download their software, and will even > send you instructions on how to configure your system to dial in to them > when you register. Their website says that they have access numbers in > 43 states, so you should have good luck in finding a number. > > HTH, > > Terry > > Andrei Raevsky wrote: > > Dear friends, > > > > I have recently had the worst of times with my ISP who also is my main > > internet address provider (I use Hotmail, alas, only for my public > > messages since it is saturated with spam anyway). Ideally, I would > > look for a company in the USA, with either state-wide local numbers, > > or an 800 number to call, which would care about its customers and who > > at least have some knowledge about Linux (the big ones all want us to > > run Win32 software on our machines). > > > > Other considerations are, of course, ease of connection, downtime, etc. > > > > Is anybody on this list actually happy with his ISP and mail server > > provider? If yes, please help me out with this! > > > > Also, I prefer not to go with a company which provides email as a > > "sideorder" for long-distance or local telephone service. > > > > While I cannot afford to pay much, I use dial-up anyway, I certainly > > would be willing to pay for good quality. > > > > I was told that Earthlink is ok. Does anybody know? > > > > Finally, it would be ideal to find a company which is strongly > > pro-Linux or somehow linked with the linux community. > > > > Am I dreaming, > > > > Cheers, > > > > Andrei > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Linux-Mandrake 9 (Dolphin) > > Mandrake Club Silver Member > > Registered Linux user: 226850 > > Registered Linux computer: 183163 > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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