> Are there any national ISP that are linux friendly? > I hate to say it, but I've heard that of all the nationwide ISPs MSN is about the best in terms of speed, busy signals, and linux friendliness. Tech support won't talk to you, but as I understand it You need to install their software and set up your account (it will probably infect your system in some way so set it up on a box you don't care about). Once it's set up, go to your linux machine and use your pppd application to connect. Their network is completely PPP, they just use the shell to remind you that they own the internet.