From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 3 5:57:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bryden.apana.org.au (bryden.apana.org.au [203.3.126.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D8F137B403 for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2001 05:57:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dougy@brizzie.org) Received: from dougy ([192.168.0.6]) by bryden.apana.org.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA26868; Sun, 3 Jun 2001 22:27:19 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@brizzie.org) Message-ID: <001301c0ec29$95bed620$0600a8c0@apana.org.au> From: "Doug Young" To: "Aleksandar Simic'" Cc: References: <20010602165615.A12410@frustum.clara.co.uk> <00a601c0ebae$7889af60$0600a8c0@apana.org.au> <20010603003942.A380@frustum.clara.co.uk> <000901c0ec10$f73a5140$0600a8c0@apana.org.au> <20010603131549.A545@frustum.clara.co.uk> Subject: Re: Entrega USB controller Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 22:34:48 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Well, in the UK is different. You either chose a reasonable (cheap) > option for ADSL and get a USB modem, or you go via more expensive > route and get a proper ADSL modem. So consider yourself lucky, 'cos at > least you have a choice. :) > > They all try their utmost to foist off USB rubbish here too, but if one complains enough it is possible to get "proper" ethernet devices. In my own situation the techo wandered in with only a USB device tucked under his wing but I was already aware thats what would happen so I made certain there wasn't a USB equipped box in sight :) Actually we don't get much choice here ..... only Tel$tra & Optus have cable (Optus to around 2% of locations), & only Tel$tra has ADSL (few other resellers but none are viable alternatives) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message