Subject: Re: BSD-Friendly Internet?
To: Laine Stump <lainestump@rcn.com>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/14/2000 16:08:21
In message <wkr96mrbcn.fsf@idris.laine.org>, Laine Stump writes:
>Bill Hudspeth <wjhud@jps.net> writes:
>> Anyone aware of BSD friendly ISPs with service
>> on the US west coast?
>
>I've been successful at connecting to Earthlink
>(http://www.earthlink.net) with pppd on NetBSD. I don't know that they
>specifically "support" anything but MS Windows, but their dialups
>certainly are generic enough to work with most anything.

The issue -- apart from help desk questions -- is often the specialized 
software needed for sign-up and customer option selection.

		--Steve Bellovin