On 9/12/05, Jan T. Kim jtk@cmp.uea.ac.uk wrote:
I have moved from Germany to Norwich a couple of months ago and now I consider getting a broadband Internet connection for use with Linux (evidently on this list, I guess...).
Looking at the offers by BT and NTL, I have not been quite able to determine what hardware is provided with the packages offered. For example, the most basic package from BT is advertised as "Not Mac compatible", but I've not been able to figure out what causes this incompatibility.
Definitely do NOT buy your broadband connection from BT. Getting a phone line from them is acceptable, but you don't pay extra to get it ADSL 'enabled'.
Insist on an Ethernet ADSL router - there should be zero compatibility issues with any OS that understand TCP/IP, and you can change or add things to the connection much more easily.
I use PlusNet as my ISP. They're OK.
Hope this helps! Tim.