[ale] OT: Comcast

[Jim]

Marvin, International Martian of Mystery wrote:

>Cliff Free wrote:
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>>Am I the only one who HASN'T seen problems w/ Comcast over the last
>>several weeks?
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>I haven't had any problems with mine. I just switched from Hellsouth DSL
>to comcast a month ago, and I'm happy as a bug in a rug. I'm actually
>*getting* the 6mbs downloads they advertise (as opposed to the 1.5mps
>downloads I was getting whilst paying for the 3mbs download- which
>caused the change in the first place), no problems in routing or
>anything tcp/ip, or any hassle at all beyond having to call-in to
>service personnel for the initial setup because they use some sort of
>windoze-only desktop app to set-up their new accounts- god only knows
>why they don't use something cross-platform in the way of a web-app to
>do this, as even under linux you can connect to the webpage that says,
>"You don't seem to be running a supported operating system, please call
>customer service at #blah-blah"- whereupon you are greeted by a customer
>service person who immediately begins to ask you things which has no
>relevance to any operating system whatsoever, and which any reasoning
>person would just put into that silly webpage you get in mozilla to
>begin with.
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>I guess Micro$loth must be giving kickbacks to commie-cast too, to make
>sure that a freakin' web-app only works with windoze.
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Just for the record, I configured my Westell DSL modem I got from BS via 
Firefox on Linux.  I never had to boot a M$ product.  I'm sure if you 
want help, however you'll have to boot Windows.  But the interface to 
the Westell was quite easy to navigate/understand. 

Jim.