On Wednesday 19 November 2003 9:59 am, Peter N. Spotts wrote:
Dear E.F.,
As a Comcast customer, I can offer no technical guidance, but a large amount of moral support and gratitude. I've been a Linux user for nearly five years, and moved to Comcast broadband recently. One of the reasons I shifted was because, while Ccst doesn't officially support Linux, it did have a section for Linux users on how to configure their systems for dial-up. (Actually, I just used YaST to configure my PCMCIA modem for Comcast, ran KInternet, and it ran from the git-go.) Still, it's refreshing to see even expanded "unofficial" support. BTW, while Comcast may only serve the States, I notice Sun has locked up a deal in China to put Linux and Star Office on more than 1 million government machines. Seems to me that forward-looking ISPs would be interested in getting Linux users on line...
Best,
Pete
Please voice your displeasure to Comcast. If they see a large enough user base(aka threats to go to dsl) they'll officially train their CAE's in linux. I'm not sure of the email address at their corporate site. but that's where they'd have to go. I'll try to get my troubleshooting guide completed but I doubt it'll be included. The only reason why they support macs is because they can say 10% of all comcast subscribers use macs. If they only knew there were more than a couple of linux users it might change. -- E.F.Maurer Using SuSE 9.0 Pro