[Sussex] Which Broadband? [Was MySQL won't start]

[Pybe]

The best isp I have found is demon, they don't care what your using, they don't "support" linux exactly but they don't hang up when you mention the "L" word.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Diack <mike_diack at hotmail.com>

Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:20:41 
To:LUG email list for the Sussex Counties <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Cc:"mike_diack at hotmail.com" <mike_diack at hotmail.com>,Mike Diack <mike.diack at gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Sussex] Which Broadband? [Was MySQL won't start]


Tiscali may or may not work for you. They supply a USB modem. The one they supplied me (Sagem Fast 800) wasn't properly supported under Linux, though I got it working once or twice (that was back in Jan 2005). My folks who went with broadband with Tiscali this Feb, got a newer Speedtouch USB modem as part of the package.
 My folks don't use Linux - so I never got to true, but I believe the Speedtouch would be USB compatible.
  
 The easiest (though slightly pricier - since you have to make a one off purchase) method is to buy an ADSL modem router. Thats what I did. This handles it all in hardware and you just connect the PC to the router via Ethernet. This is the simplest and easiest and most compatible way of doing it.
  
 Incidentally, I've now switched to Orange Broadband with their Livebox (which is basically a wireless router but also with a couple of ethernet ports). That works fine with Linux, XP, Vista (I've got all 3).
  
 Hope this helps
  
 Mike
 



 
 
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 > Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:44:27 +0100
> From: linux at oneandoneis2.org
> To: sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: [Sussex] Which Broadband? [Was MySQL won't start]
> 
> iangordon wrote:
> > HI All
> > I have just subscribed to this list and have already found a reason to post 
> > to it. I am considering, at long last, going over to broadband and am 
> > somewhat confused by the complexity of what is on offer. Eg, Tiscali was 
> > recommended but a visit to the website indicates that that organisation is 
> > anything but 'linux friendly'. Can anybody point me towards an ISP that is?
> 
> 
> We use the UK Free Software Network - http://www.ukfsn.org - no 
> complaints about service and as Linux-friendly as they come: their 
> profits even go to fund free software projects
> 
> Dominic
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