Ameritech.net

[Karl Dahlke <eklhad@home.com>]

For what it's worth, and it isn't worth much,
I used Ameritech dial-up service for almost a year,
and was very happy with it.
I left only because I wanted a cable modem.

Of course I was happy because everything worked for me straight away,
and I didn't have to ask their technical department for help.

I'm a bit confused by this whole thread.
I thought dsl was a static always on connection.
Why ppp?
Why pppd?
Why ppp0?
Don't they give you a box that looks like a cable modem,
with a nic interface,
and don't you just plug into that, like an ethernet?
Don't you just set up for an ethernet connection and go?
I guess I don't know much about dsl,
so I'll stop talking now,
before I do more harm than good.

Karl