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From: ray 
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Subject: Re: DSL service.
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:22:35 -0700
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On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:44:24 +0000, Harold Stevens wrote:

> In  ray:
> 
> [Snip..]
> 
>> You could install IE under wine and run that for them
> 
> I didn't even have to do that. As others mentioned, it's usually nothing
> more than a browser-based setup tool that shouldn't care what browser or
> OS (or link) is involved.
> 
> As an example I put my 80+ yearold folks on BellSouth (now ATT) DSL over
> the summer from Konqueror on the SuSE setup they're running, using their
> 56K dialup. No problemo...
> 
> At that time, I heard of others doing DSL setups from a library or other
> "public" area using Exploder or whatever the heck browser happened to be
> immediately available.
> 
> If ATT helldesk claims you MUST use M$ and/or Exploder, they're lying or
> lazy (or both).
> 
>> Isn't there an option for doing your own installation?
> 
> I made very certain this was the case; IIRC, BellSouth charged extra for
> having a tech come out to do it. I read over the documentation, fired up
> Konqueror on 56K dialup, and had DSL service inside 20 or so minutes.
> 
>> trivial to do and you should be able to figure it out from what they
>> show for MS and MAC instructions.
> 
> I haven't tried it on *ubuntu, but most recent distros have "wizards" on
> tap (for me, SuSE's YaST) for exactly this (DSL/cable and DHCP setup).
> 
> HTH; YMMV...

Exactly the point. That's how I set up my previous two DSL installs (we
moved 1000 miles 2.5 years ago). And it was that easy to set up the
wireless cable modem I'm using now. As a matter of fact, the installation
guy insisted on doing this one, so I started firefox for him, and he
easily completed the setup.
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