By the way, Telenet, Coditel and others have similar offers : http://www.coditel.be/index.php?page=net&id=lightclick http://telenet.be/257/0/1/nl/thuis/internet/basicnet.html http://www.tvcablenet.be/offre_res.php
And for me, the Cable is always a better solution than ADSL for the easy way... Regards Cedric 2007/11/24, Cedric Janssens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dear, > > If she lives in the cover area of Voo, their offer > > http://www.voo.be/index.php?action=gen_page&idx=54&cat=54 > > could be interresting. > > The advantage, is the connexion is done by a simple netword card, no > specific drivers needed, no connexion setup (you put it in the outlet, > and it's working). > But they don't cover the whole Belgium... > > Regards, > Cedric > > 2007/11/24, Pierre Lison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Hi all! > > > > I'm Pierre Lison, a long time Ubuntu user now living in Germany, but > > originally from Belgium. The computer I'm using right now is becoming > > quite old, and I'd like to buy a new one and give the "old" to my > > grandmother, who would like to have a basic computer so that she can > > communicate by email with her grandsons, use text processors to write > > letters, surf on the internet, etc. > > > > I'm convinced that Linux distros such as Ubuntu are now intuitive and > > user-friendly enough to be used by people with few or no technical > > knowledge like my grand-mother, so, if everything goes well, Ubuntu will > > be - or rather, stay - the standard installed OS on the machine. > > > > Obviously, I'll need to setup an internet connection for her. Something > > cheap (she'll be online only a few hours per week or month, and doesn't > > need a fast connection) and above all, running "out of the box". > > > > Now here's my question: according to you, which belgian ISP - and more > > specifically, which of their commercial offers - should I choose? I > > need to choose an ISP for whom I can be sure that the hardware will be > > 100% compatible with Ubuntu (automatic recognition by NetworkManager an > > all) I've heard about the Belgacom ADSL offer, but is the Thomsom > > modems included in their "internet pack" working under Ubuntu? > > > > Would you be kind enough to give me some advices on this question? > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > Pierre > > > > PS: you can answer me in English, French, Dutch, or German, as you > > prefer. > > > > -- > > Pierre Lison (student in Computational Linguistics) > > Blumenstraße 17, Web: www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~pierrel > > 66111 Saarbrücken Mobile: +49.177.305.306.1 > > > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] > > > > You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be > > > > > -- > Inscrivez-vous à un réseau social si ce n'est déjà fait : > http://www.viadeo.com/invitation/cedric.janssens > http://www.linkedin.com/in/cjanssens > -- Inscrivez-vous à un réseau social si ce n'est déjà fait : http://www.viadeo.com/invitation/cedric.janssens http://www.linkedin.com/in/cjanssens -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
