ISP's

[Sean Perry]

Erik Steffl wrote:
> Ross Boylan wrote:
> 
>> Do people have any recommendations (either for or against) internet
>> providers available in the Bay Area (I'm in SF)?
>>
>> I'm probably going to go with a cheap dial-up, but I'm also
>> considering SBC/Yahoo DSL.  Does the latter work with Linux?
> 
> 
>   AFAIK it does. pretty much any broadband does, from what I've heard, 
> lot of them use PPPoE which is slightly less convenient but works. Plus 
> lot of people prefer to use router anyway, then it does not matter what 
> your box is (the box is on a LAN).
> 

I have been a happy speakeasy customer for nearly a year now. Good 
uptime, solid support (they dont care much what you do and have real, 
English speaking people answering the phone who get linux and geeks in 
general). No pppoe mess, static ips if you pay for them, etc.