Linux-friendly (non-Bell) GTA DSL providers

[Colin McGregor]

--- asdf <fia_wrc_fanatic-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I wanted to find out if any of the following GTA
> high-speed DSL providers are known
> to be Linux/BSD friendly (i.e. Linux/BSD routers
> work well even though they may not
> be officially supported):
> 
>    Acanac     http://acanac.ca/
>    3Web       http://www.get3web.com/
>    Inter.Net  http://www.ca.inter.net/
> 
> and also wanted to get recommendations from TLUG
> members on which (non-Bell) DSL
> provider to choose. Is anyone on this list using one
> of the above ISPs? What's your
> experience been like?
> 
> I am currently using Rogers cable internet but
> recently have been experiencing very
> bad download and upload speeds and am ready to try
> DSL! I am looking to avoid Bell
> and instead want to try one of the smaller
> ISPs/providers who seem to be offering
> speeds similar to Bell but at cheaper rates.
> 
> Never having used DSL before, I also want to find
> out how well the PPPoE client in
> Linux (and for those of you have experience with it,
> in OpenBSD and in FreeBSD)
> works . One of the reasons I've stuck with Rogers
> cable internet for so long is that
> the AccessManager (PPPoE) software was never
> required and setting up a Linux/BSD
> router/firewall was simple and easy.
> 
> Thanks!
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Salman Ahmed

Have a word with Dave Gilbert (who I am cc'ing), he is
the former technical head of a small local DSL
offering ISP. Dave is also a regular at the Unix
Unanimous user group meetings (so more of a BSD guy
than Linux), he should be happy to offer advice on the
BSD friendly ISPs...

Colin McGregor

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