In my neighborhood, RR is only $40/month. The dropped the $10 surcharge if you do not also subscribe to cable TV. Also installation was free and there is no charge whatsoever for the modem, although I have to return it when I drop their service, something I'd gladly do. When I called to order it, they also told me it is not Linux compatible. I told them, "Yes it is. I know plenty of people using it. Just say I'm using a Mac." After the tech finished installing the hardware, I just fired up dhcpcd and was up. I do have serious problems with their agreement and have found work-arounds for them, but as soon as I can get some other (inexpensive) service in my area, I will switch. BTW when I last talked to Qwest, they said something about being able to extend DSL service beyond the 15k foot distance (I'm at 17k') within the next year. Does anybody know what they'll be doing? Is there some new technology available? Eric On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 01:01:55AM -0600, Dileep Monie wrote: > > >No DSL in this neighborhood either, but RR suffices. > > RR is $50/mo. while Qwest DSL is $20+[ISP fee]/mo. My company will pick-up > the ISP fee (through goldengate.net), so I'd rather not go cable (plus > AOL-TimeWarner is evil :). BTW, I called up RR and they said they're > service is not Linux-compatible. > > >I thought the CD just wouldn't boot -- doesn't work at all? Yikes. > > I haven't audited the entire CD, so it's unfair to say that it's a coaster. > All I know is that the "autoboot.bat" and "rawrite.exe" files are corrupted > (according to DOS). Haven't tried "winrawrite.exe" yet (what directory is > it in?). > If the SAMS version of RedHat is comparable to the "official" version (i.e. > no bloatware or spam), I won't need to borrow the discs. I'm still waiting > to find out if anyone knows about the differences between "versions." > > >-Jay J > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >