From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailout3-eri1.midsouth.rr.com ([24.165.200.8]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17wtvE-0002Cr-00 for ; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 20:32:56 -0400 Received: from cpe-024-033-003-115.midsouth.rr.com (cpe-024-033-003-115.midsouth.rr.com [24.33.3.115]) by mailout3-eri1.midsouth.rr.com (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id g930Wqa29819 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 19:32:53 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 19:32:47 -0500 (CDT) From: Adam Myrow To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Anyone here use Verizon DSL? In-Reply-To: <20021003002432.GA14553@lrxms.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Actually, it's the other way around. DSL is starting to use PPPOE more and more, while cable is generally sticking with DHCP. I think PPPOE is becoming popular because you have to have a username and password, plus it probably at one time detoured Linux use. I'm finding a lot of web sites and services seem to go out of their way to make sure you can only access them using Windows with Internet Explorer. Thanks Microsoft for abbolishing standards and making your own. So much for portability. I think it's obvious that Microsoft wants there not only to be no competition, but they want to rewrite all the RFCs to their specifications.