Linux-Friendly ISP?

[Matthew Carpenter]

I have Charter Cable, but nobody asks me about what OS I run since I use a router and pay for a static IP.  They do sometimes push back on me because instead of the broadband router they expect, I have a Linux firewall.  And <blush> sometimes that is the problem... so I am more than willing to pull the router and plug in a secondary device (often my reliable Linux laptop... shhhhhh) to troubleshoot.

But at the end of the day, it shouldn't matter what kind of OS I run.  Charter doesn't seem to mind, they just want something they understand while troubleshooting... something that takes variables out of the loop, and that's cool.  That's how I think already.

Matt

On Thursday, February 11, 2016 12:10:36 PM Leon Goldstein via Linux-users wrote:
> I've mentioned earlier that I'm still stuck in the breakdown lane of the 
> information super highway with dialup.
> This may end now.  Apparently I can now get a rather slow -  3 mbs - 
> ADSL connection with my telco (Century Link.).
> 
> For years I've been told that there was no DSL in my area and only after 
> upgrading of the telephone lines would it be offered. However, evidently 
> there are now fiber optic cables running to the nodes, and this now 
> allows sufficient signal strength and/or purity for DSL.
> 
> First question: does this sound real?
> 
> Second question: anybody have experience with Century Link and their 
> technical support?
> 
> I have never used the only other broadband available to me - Time-Warner 
> cable "Road Runner"  - for several reasons.  Their cable TV service 
> stinks; I disconnected from their cable TV last year and put up an 
> antenna.  Whenever I've talked to TW about internet, I've asked if they 
> support Linux.  Usually I've had to be shunted to a technically savant 
> operator, and get the same reply;  only Windows and Mac OSX are 
> "supported."  So if I have a problem, the first question is "what 
> operating system do you have" and a reply of "Linux" will be answered by 
> TW hanging up on me.
> 

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