Paul Flint schrieb: > I just tried to hook up and older gentleman with one of the charity > systems we built from the state surplus stuff. The system boots Ubuntu > 6.10 Dapper Drake. The verizon Westell DSL access modem comes up with > three lights. The system gets an IP address and a web page comes up. > Technically the system is cherry. > > Then a Verizon web page appears and tells me that it cannot support this > operating system, and when I call their support desk, they tell me that I > have to use a Windows client or a Mac client. > > I thought the Carphone case allowed me choice in my telecommunications > options. Why would I want this company to be able to sell this crapy > backwards technical system to Fairpoint? > > What can I do to help this old guy get online?
Maybe this blog entry will help you out: http://www.bensdrivel.com/?p=142 Really a pity some telcos are still that unflexible. Greetings, Wolfram Happy Ubuntu User from Berlin, Germany -- Wolfram Riedel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://wolframswebworld.de "Wer Sicherheit der Freiheit vorzieht ist zu Recht ein Sklave." -- Aristoteles -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
