vodhner@cox.net wrote:
> Well, Cox has bumped their low-end access from about $24 to more like $30 monthly, blowing my friend's disability-check budget.
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> He mentioned NetZero but I think they require a special Windows client -- and I know that such clients claim to boost effective connection speed with added compression and caching features.
>
> So if I'm trying to keep him running on Linux, what's his best bet?  I'd like to keep his bill no higher than about $20 for connect + mailbox.  Performance features would be nice, but keeping him off Windows -- priceless!
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice.  See P.S. below regarding his setup.
>
> Vic
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> P.S. -- I've dual-booted his XP doorstop with Feather Linux.  I was interested to see that XP Pro works OK on a Pentium II with 130 MB of memory (taking 2:50 to boot up) but Ubuntu, Linspire and a bunch of others did not manage to come up effectively.  I was real happy with Feather Linux, a Slax derivitive:  came up clean, detected everything, and runs real snappy.
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FastQ has dialup that works with linux (one of my friends uses it on linux).
Toll Free: 1.877.983.2787
http://www.fastq.com/resdialup.php

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JD Austin
Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC
email: jd@twingeckos.com
http://www.twingeckos.com
phone/fax: 480.288.8195

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