Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:47:29 +1000 From: "Haikal Saadh" <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com> To: "David Scheidt" <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>, "Dag-Erling Smorgrav" <des@ofug.org> Cc: "Stephen McKay" <mckay@thehub.com.au>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Broadband downunder Message-ID: <013701c09755$eff37ca0$0100a8c0@warhawk> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102150707200.59303-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Scheidt" <dscheidt@tumbolia.com> To: "Dag-Erling Smorgrav" <des@ofug.org> Cc: "Haikal Saadh" <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com>; "Stephen McKay" <mckay@thehub.com.au>; <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 11:10 PM Subject: Re: Broadband downunder > On 15 Feb 2001, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > :"Haikal Saadh" <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com> writes: > :> > Shockingly, I had the same experience ordering DSL from Verizon. I was > :> > quite clear that I wasn't a Windows user, and was told that wasn't a > :> > problem, as long as my equipment did IP over ethernet and DHCP. We'll see, > :> > if the hardware ever shows up. > :> Hardware compatability should not be an issue, should it? > : > :I think he meant "shows up" as in "arrives at my doorstep" :) > : > Indeed. I'm not suprised that it will work. I'm suprised that the service > provider admits it. I've been told by more than one dialup provider that > they are incompatabile with anything other than windows. Not just, "We > don't support that", but "It won't work". It's never been true. > Okay, that puts me at ease. But Damn Optus for making you have win9x/NT for them to install on... > -- > dscheidt@tumbolia.com > Bipedalism is only a fad. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?013701c09755$eff37ca0$0100a8c0>