On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> While this is fine if you have a box to destroy, I mean put windows on.
> I'm sure they have a tech that can verify the ethernet connection with a
> laptop. Setting up the network card is truly trivial, no matter what OS
> good ones don't even require a reboot. Do you already have a home network,
> or ethernet card?
>
Yes to both. :-) I have a Windows box and a Linux box hooked to my
ISDN router.
The problem is, I think, that they "key" the ADSL to the
MAC address of your ethernet card and some "Baby Bell" companies won't
install ADSL if they don't have a Windows box to use. :-) You can
always set up "dual-boot" and then wipe the Windows partition
afterwards. ;-)
Locally (BellSouth) is one of those that has required
a Windows box to set up your ADSL, although that may be changing.
Another friend of mine has a Linux box and they're coming to install
the ADSL line today for him. I think one problem in the past has been
that a LOT of "kiddies" set up Linux boxes on ADSL and Cablemodems
and leave 'em *wide* open for hacking and spamming. This causes
problems down the road for the cable/phone co. So, as a result of
this "problem" they have developed "windows-only" policies.
What the INSTALLER thinks may be a different matter. ;-)
John
