[97468] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Weeks)
Fri Jun 15 16:47:07 2007
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:42:04 -0700
From: "Scott Weeks" <surfer@mauigateway.com>
Reply-To: <surfer@mauigateway.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
----------------- darcy@druid.net wrote:---------------
From: "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net>
"Scott Weeks" <surfer@mauigateway.com> wrote:
> : Most ISPs recommend using Microsoft software or
> : provide software for the Microsoft platform, and
> : require to turn on JavaScript
>
> I've never heard of an ISP requiring this. They might provide it for you if you want to use their branded Micro$loth-oriented software, but it's not a requirement. Any ISP requiring folks to use a particular OS is doomed to fail.
You're kidding, right? Have you ever called an ISP to report a
technical problem that has nothing to do with your computer or even
your connection to them, say a reverse DNS issue? If you tell them
that you run Unix they just ask you to run IE anyway. If you don't run
Windows they won't help you. That's a pretty clear message.
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No I've never heard of that except, possibly, from non-clued phone monkeys. It's easy to get past them to more clued folks, though...
scott
