PPP providors (partial success!)

[Peter C. Lai]

I signed up for netscape, becauase hey, it's 1 month free trial anyway. So
technically, I'm an AOL luser now *hangs head in shame* :-/ (after logging 
into the POP, you end up on AOL). The good thing is, I can use the vanilla 
windows DUN with MS CHAP authentication, so after I get freebsd setup, I'm
gonna try configuring ppp. Currently POP login name obfuscation is:
"username at netscape.aol.com" where username is the one you are given when
you setup the account (typically nsJohnDoe). The password is not obfuscated.

On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 05:47:41AM -0500, Mike Hauber wrote:
> On Monday 21 February 2005 04:28 pm, Peter C. Lai wrote:
> > I need a temporary 56K providor until I get broadband installed
> > at a new location. Do any of the commercially advertised ones
> > (netscape, netzero, peoplepc, earthlink) support using regular
> > PPP, or am I forced to use their dialer in win32? This is
> > obviously important in determining if such a providor can be
> > used in freebsd.
> > TIA
> > pete
> 
> A few months ago, I had my Father set up on Earthlink.  I've heard 
> tell (rumor probably) that they plan on switching to something 
> like a software setup like aol.  I've tried netzero and peoplepc, 
> and couldn't get anywhere with them.  I don't know about 
> netscape.  Your best bet _may_ be to go through a local dialup 
> service (if you can find one, these days).
> 
> Oh yeah...  I don't know if AT&T is an option where you are, but 
> they are straight forward and don't require any junk software for 
> connection.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Mike

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Peter C. Lai
University of Connecticut
Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology
Yale University School of Medicine
SenseLab | Research Assistant
http://cowbert.2y.net/