[Beds] Re: broadband ISPs

midi junkie sacarasc at hotmail.com
Tue Feb 4 15:14:00 2003


I agree here, ntl is easy to use, even my cousin can do it ;)

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>Hi Robert,
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>On Monday 03 Feb 2003 14:22, R.D.Saunders wrote:
> > I'm looking into getting broadband connection for use with a dual-boot
> > WinME/Linux PC.  Do any in the group have any recommendations for an 
>ISP?
> > And, possibly more importantly, and recommendations for ISPs to avoid?
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>I've been running with NTL broadband since May 2001.
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>There have been one or two service outages during that period but on the
>whole I'm quite pleased with their performance.
>
>As far as Linux-friendly goes I can't comment (I'm running FreeBSD as my
>gateway OS) but the principle is the same. The only difficulty a Linux 
>user,
>new to NTL, might experience is that the cable modem MAC address 
>registration
>is now automated using a Windows utility. This shouldn't be a problem for 
>you.
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>Regards,
>Neil Darlow M.Sc. -- Beds LUGmaster
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