Verizon DSL

[Randy Edwards]

 > Has anyone any experience with Verizon DSL?

   I use it with Debian as my gateway and firewall (Woody, the current stable 
release).  Overall, I'm very happy with it.  I get great speed (not many 
people using it in my town) and have had no hassles with Verizon.

   Verizon's setup software makes you create their account with Windows or a 
Mac.  So I installed Windows, then installed their software, created my 
account (which I'm guessing grabbed my NIC's MAC address and who knows what 
else).  Then, with my account info written down, I reformatted the machine 
and installed a barebones install of Debian Woody.  Using PPPoE I created my 
account with the info I wrote down, and have never looked back (nor 
reinstalled Windows:-).

   I haven't bothered to check to see if Verizon is using a proxy.  They give 
you access to a pretty-much-complete news server (which is throttled during 
the day, 180K+ in the night/mornings).  To me, they're like an ISP should be: 
everything I try works, they don't bother me, and I don't pester them. :-)

 Regards,
 .
 Randy

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