[ale] need Linux ISP, who is recommended/least expensive ?

[Courtney Thomas]

Calvin,

Thank you for the offer of help.

I have one problem to which joi is no help.

All internet functions work except.....when I click SEND, regarding a 
newsgroup posting that I've just composed, I get an error message saying 
that authentication fails. This is so even after username/password 
popups appear on the screen to which I properly reply.

This is mysterious in that I'm seemingly already logged into the 
newsgroup, or else how am I able to read postings, and this applies to 
any newsgroup not just a particular one, so how is it I cannot then post 
due to failing authentication ?

I can send email, surf the web, and read newsgroups all with no problem. 
Also when I click SEND, I see modem lights flashing so communication 
with the server is on going.

Another possible clue is that if I try to ping 
say.......www.novell.com...DNS promptly prints the IP for www.novell.com 
and I see lights periodically flashing on the modem, BUT there is no 
onscreen evidence of the ping's success.

Sure do hope you've got insight here ! Newsgroup interaction is my 
primary use of the web.

Cordially,
Courtney
Calvin Harrigan wrote:

> At 09:53 AM 7/7/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> 
>> Sure would appreciate hearing with whom I should speak at joi, for 
>> that's who I'm using now and they are no help whatsoever and I've now 
>> spoken with about half a dozen of their "support" people who report 
>> that windows is all they support, although I was told when I signed 
>> up, a week ago, that they supported linux. But now no help.
>>
>> Appreciatively,
>> Courtney
>>
>>
>>
>> Calvin Harrigan wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 18:36, Courtney Thomas wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> everyone's internet and joi are fairly cheap, linux friendly isps.
>>> http://www.ev1.net      http://www.joiinternet.com
>>
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry if I misled you.  When I said linux friendly I was talking about 
> the technical side, they do standard dial-up no fancy in-between 
> software.  I didn't know that you required tech support as well, being 
> on the list I thought you were technically savvy enough to do dial-up.  
> My bad...  To be fair they say that they don't offer linux technical 
> support on their home page, but you can dial-up using linux,mac, etc.
> 
> So what problems are you having dialing up?
> 
> Calvin
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Courtney Thomas
S/V Mutiny
Lying Oriental, NC

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