[Sderby] Broadband

[Roger Whiteley]

>  Hi all,
>
>  I joined this list a couple of months ago and have been lurking since.
>
>  I've just a simple question, Is there a recommended ISP for a
>  broadband connection (i.e. Linux friendly) and if so which one is it?
>
>  Thanks for your time,
>
>  greadey
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Further to Ashley's reply,  most ISP's are O/S agnostic, but don't expect
support if you connect with anything other than windoze and possibly Mac.

If you go with BT, for example, you get a 'free' ADSL modem,  usually an
Alcatel.  You can use this directly with a firewall such as Smoothwall. 
You MUST use a firewall/router or a firewall directly connected to the
ADSL line,  within minutes of connecting you will be assaulted by bots
trying to break into your windoze pc.

Having started with the Smoothwall/Alcatel solution I have just installed
a VOIP router,  bought from Ebuyer.  Its a Zoom X5v and that terminates
the ADSL line and does the firewall bit,  it also takes a standard POTS
phone and enables VOIP from the standard phone. Prefixing any number with
a # tells the router to make a VOIP call. I kept the Smoothwall but used
dual Ethernet interfaces instead.

Hope this helps

Roger.