I have ATT (formerly Mediaone). They do not, will not, nor do I ever think they will support Linux. I have complained about a few times. I have the 39.95 level and am not guaranteed a static IP. They did change my IP a few months ago, I called ATT and they could not get my win98 box to connect to them. They offered to send someone out to fix the problem. If it was my computer I would have to pay a $50 service fee. My experience: The download speeds vary depending on the time of day. I had to use pump for my dhcp. They keep trying to ring an extra $10 a month out of me by upping my monthly fee. I never had to sit on hold for more than 5 minutes with the help(less) desk. (They do try to help though). Overall, the service meets my needs. I have a little server that gets no traffic, except those that stumble across it. When my IP changes, I will have to change the homepage on their web server. Story: The night of the install, the install person came out at 7:00pm and decided that I needed new cable. He installed that, then installed the equipment and set up the computer. He had difficulty doing it. He called his help desk but by this time everyone had gone home. His supervisor called him at 10:00pm and walked him through it. He was forgetting to reboot after a certain step. This guy was there until 10:40 getting this job done. My point is that he could have given up and rescheduled the appointment (for a next month) to finish the job, but he stayed and got the job done pasted his schedule quitting time. That's my 3 cents worth. John Miller Dain Rauscher Inc. Application Services IS Capital Markets Phone 612-547-7573 Fax 612-547-7580 -----Original Message----- From: Kent Schumacher [mailto:kent at structural-wood.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 3:43 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Cc: Kurt Schumacher Subject: [TCLUG] Cable modems Hi, My brother is running a linux system and wants to get hooked up to the internet via cable. He is wondering what sort of issues are going to come up. What sort of device will he be given to connect to the cable? Is it something internal to the PC or connected via a network card, or ???. Is he going to get hassled for running Linux. ??? Thanks, Kent _______________________________________________ tclug-list mailing list tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list