[Colchester] The Internet

[Tom Robbins]

We had no problems with ours. We've got the Virgin modem plugged into an 
Apple router, on a network which runs a mix of OS X, Ubuntu, Windows and 
occasionally Solaris. I don't think we had to do any configuration.

Maybe Virgin have downgraded their modems...

Jai Harrison wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Wayland Sothcott
> <wayland at sothcott.co.uk> wrote:
>   
>> Joao Verissimo wrote:
>>     
>>>    There one thing I would like to see... Every body getting together
>>>    and target an ISP like Virgin Media and try and get better support
>>>    for Linux.  If everyone (being Linux users) across the UK acted as
>>>    one then the ISP will adjust to include Linux support
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> I think Linux is very well supported these days. Obviously with Linux you
>>>> should get a router and not even try and use a USB Modem.
>>>>         
>>> I actually just had some problems with Virgin's modem... no internet at
>>> all, until I launched Internet Explorer inside a virtual machine and it went
>>> through the configuration.... with all sorts of questions and form fields
>>> that I really didn't think I should answer to have a working internet
>>> connection.
>>> Despite the fact that the bloke who installed it said that he had
>>> configured it all for me and I wouldn't need Windows.
>>>
>>>       
>> So Virgin supply a router that can only be configured from Internet
>> Explorer? I think you should dump Virgin. Their email service is weak. They
>> are in with Phorm and they supply routers that are not Browser compatible.
>>
>>     
> Seconded. That sounds awful.
>
> Also thanks for your definition of Linux and the reason a lot of
> devices don't work with it. I found it quite insightful.
>
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