[SC.LUG] ISPs

Lance Davis sc at mailman.lug.org.uk
Fri Aug 8 13:01:01 2003


On Sun, 6 Jan 1980, Matthew Tolley wrote:

> 
> 
> Hello you friendly bunch,
> 
> 
> Matthew here with another simple, if brainless, question...
> 
> If I have an existing account with an ISP such as Freeserve or Go-plus, it
> can be accessed from a Windows PC simply by dialling the right number and
> entering the correct username and password.
> 
> Can I do exactly the same from a Linux PC?

probably

> 
> These ISPs claim they don't support non-Windows OSs (except MacOS in some
> cases) but since I can set up a web account with them online can I not also
> dial in using kppp or similar?

Better to use an isp that supports Linux 

like uklinux.net :)

Regards
Lance

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