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   From: Harold Stevens    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: DSL service.   
   Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:44:24 -0000   
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   > You could install IE under wine and run that for them   
      
   I didn't even have to do that. As others mentioned, it's usually nothing   
   more than a browser-based setup tool that shouldn't care what browser or   
   OS (or link) is involved.   
      
   As an example I put my 80+ yearold folks on BellSouth (now ATT) DSL over   
   the summer from Konqueror on the SuSE setup they're running, using their   
   56K dialup. No problemo...   
      
   At that time, I heard of others doing DSL setups from a library or other   
   "public" area using Exploder or whatever the heck browser happened to be   
   immediately available.   
      
   If ATT helldesk claims you MUST use M$ and/or Exploder, they're lying or   
   lazy (or both).   
      
   > Isn't there an option for doing your own installation?   
      
   I made very certain this was the case; IIRC, BellSouth charged extra for   
   having a tech come out to do it. I read over the documentation, fired up   
   Konqueror on 56K dialup, and had DSL service inside 20 or so minutes.   
      
   > trivial to do and you should be able to figure it out from what they   
   > show for MS and MAC instructions.   
      
   I haven't tried it on *ubuntu, but most recent distros have "wizards" on   
   tap (for me, SuSE's YaST) for exactly this (DSL/cable and DHCP setup).   
      
   HTH; YMMV...   
      
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