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

[Calvin Harrigan]

At 02:24 PM 7/7/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>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
>>_______________________________________________

What distribution are you using?  What news reader?
Machine configuration, software really...

Are you using the news group server at joi?
something like news.joi.net?


Calvin 

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