[Wiltshire] Is firewall working?

[Lugo Teehalt]

Is: http://www.virginmedia.com/myvirginmedia/contact/complaint-feedback.php any good? Greatly agree incidentally.  Don't mention me - they'll probably send out a search party and have me shot.

--- On Wed, 28/10/09, David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net> wrote:

> From: David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net>
> Subject: Re: [Wiltshire] Is firewall working?
> To: wiltshire at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Date: Wednesday, 28 October, 2009, 22:12
> On Wednesday 28 Oct 2009, Lugo
> Teehalt wrote:
> > Thanks Simon,
> > 
> > Will have to dwell on that site, it's a bit difficult
> to work out.
> > 
> > Having just signed up to virginmedia broadband it
> would be easy to get the 
> impression that they have hardenned their thing against
> Linux.
> > 
> > Phoned them and they activated the internet.  But
> the site: 
> activation.virginmedia.com refuses to work - complaining
> that the operating 
> system may be out of date.  Have tried making browser
> pretend to be IE or 
> Safari, and other tricks from internet but they won't get
> past the test their 
> website carries out.
> > 
> > As a new user I do not know if this matters. 
> Does it matter I do not have a 
> username, password, email account or whatever?
> >   
> > 
> 
> I see what you mean. I just tried it, and get the same
> result.
> 
> This is an odd attitude, considering that Virgin Media
> hosts a mirror of the 
> Kubuntu download server.
> 
> I think a complaint is in order. Now I am wondering who to
> complain to?
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
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