[SATLUG] need suggestions/alternatives on fast connection

[M K Ramadoss]

I ordered DSL for $10.00 and they did not even ask me what operating system
I have. I called their tech support and told them I do not want to use the
cd and want to setup the connection manually. They walked me thru and it
took very little time. I advise having a router as well. You can pick up a
used one for $10-$20 and will be very helpful. I do not see any reason to
spend $200. It would be good she learns some of the setup steps because
there would  a need to power down and power up the modem and the router from
time to time. Mail me offline if you need any info that I have.

mkr

On 7/2/07, Donguitar <donguitar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We've given our friend Pam, who spends most of her time in SA but has a
> place here in Buchanan Lake Village where she spends a few days a week, a
> 600 MHz P3 with Debian Etch on it.  We've been teaching her to use it for
> the last few weekends and she's taken to it very nicely.  In SA her place
> is
> near the intersection of 151 & 410 (also near Sea World she says) and her
> telephone service is with AT&T.  She called them to ask about DSL and of
> course they insisted that she must have Windows.  When she told them she'd
> be using Debian Etch they told her they'd have to send a technician and
> she'd have to pay a $200 installation charge.  Pam is originally from
> England, very soft spoken, has a gentle nature and is utterly unable to
> cope
> with AT&T but she's not about to pay them a $200 installation charge..
>
> I'm thinking it would be good to sign her up online (while she's here next
> weekend), get the $10 a month deal, then, if one of you lives in her
> neighborhood and is willing to confront AT&T and assist her in getting the
> connection up and running it may be possible to circumvent the $200
> fee.  It
> might also be fun to report them to the Texas Public Utilities Commission
> for deliberately making it difficult for Linux users to get service.  That
> smacks of under-the-table nefarious deals with "Big Brother" after all,
> does
> it not?
>
> Anyway,
>
> 1.  Can I get a volunteer?
>
> 2.   Should we just lie and tell them she has Windows XP to get the
> service
> initiated and the hardware (DSL modem) sent to her?
>
> Suggestions, ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Don Crowder
> http://www.don-guitar.com
> http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/eldergeek/
>
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