[plug] Eftel & IceNet/Linux Shop & modem detection prob

[sol]

1. The Linux Shop on Lord St in Perth has been open for seven weeks and yes
it is also IceNet. It looks as if they are diversifiying their business. I
was down their yesterday and the lady I spoke to told me that business has
been brisk. They don't have very much stock just yet, but it is worth a look
if you want stuff on CD (from memory they stock Red Hat, SuSE, Storm,
Debian, Mandrake and a selection of games if anyone is interested; they also
have Linux paraphinalia). Unfortunately no books, but I'm told that they're
on the way. It's a start I suppose. Icenet does offer unlimited access for
$24.95 p/m with no set up fees, but there is a max of 3 hour sessions. You
can't miss the place as it's painted blue with a big Tux on the wall.
    2. In response to Michael DeSantis's query about Eftel, I joined about
four months ago when I bought my first computer - when I was definitely
green behind the ears (Hang on, I still am!). Since then I've come to have
mixed feelings about them. I signed on to the Warp 2 (Unlimited access $40
p/m). In their favour I would say that they mean unlimited. However they
only support M$ and Mac. I only found that out after I'd installed SuSE 7.0.
Fortunately there are two guys who work on the support team that are Linux
users and they were as helpful as they could be (one of them suggested that
I join this mailing list) without having any actual information on the
computers they were using at work. The other thing is that they seem to have
heaps of conditions for using the account. Even minor infringements could
see me be being unsubscribed, which would be tragic because I signed up for
12 months and have to pay no matter what. So to sum up - technically a very
sound ISP, but not so Linux friendly and a bit heavy handed with
regulations. (Eftel actually bought out Internet Express, and more recently
Qnet for those who are interested.)
    3.The reason I'm using Outlook is because I bought a new Mitsubishi 56K
V90 modem which YaST 2 won't detect. The SuSE support site told me to do the
following:
- If you do the modem configuration after booting, you can set the
environment 'hwprobe' before calling YaST2:  hwprobe=-modem yast2
- Or you create (after the installation) the file /var/lib/libhd/cmdline
this: hwprobe=-modem
I don't know what the first one means. With the second; the above file
already exists. I tried to amend it with the "hwprobe=-modem" but I must
have done something wrong because nothing changed. Can anyone help this
Linux baby grow up?

Thankyou   -   Sol
----- Original Message -----
From: Ari Finander <ari at scientist.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] ISPs


> There's an old ISP that's begun advertising in the West Australian again,
called IceNet...$24.95 /month, unlimited, and I cannot find any fine print
on their site to indicate otherwise.  Also, the phone number for the linux
shop advertising in the West Classifieds this past weekend is the same as
IceNet's phone number...could this be true?  Cheap rates, unlimited service,
AND support for Linux, right here in Perth?
>
> Ari
>
> ari at scientist.com
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Joshua Pierre <alpha at indigo.net.au>
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Sent: December 19, 2000 12:57:04 PM GMT
> Subject: Re: [plug] ISPs
>
>
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Has anyone on the list have a connection with new ISP (or not so new )
> > Eftel
> > > ?.  Like to hear about  their level of service and connection
performance.
> > >
> > > regards
> > > Michael
>
> Hey,
>
> Eftel is not so much a new company, it is a spinoff of Q-Net and is a
culmination of other ISPS. I also urge you to read their terms and
conditions as there is a lot fo dodgey stuff like being billed odd way ones
certain 'unlimited' limits are exceeded.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Joshua Pierre
> Webmaster -- http://www.indigo.net.au
>
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