It wasn't clear but can you dial up to these ISPs and FTP to public
archives like sunsite ( ftp://metalab.unc.edu ) ?

Sibu Xolo wrote:
> 
> Dean Parnell wrote
> { I would be surprised if ISPs are intentially "Microsofting" .  Not shocked,
> byt surprised.  I have trouble seeing the advantage.  In a competitive
> business, why chase away business you don't have to? }
> 
> sowhatsthedifferencebetweensurprisedandshockedhere?
> 
> I suggest if 'microsofting'  is happening it  would not be by entrpreneurial
> types  who would make  more money  by   hosting with linux/apache anyway .
> It may  be low down in the food chain by nervous mcse-type  jobsworths
> as  the (corrected!) title implies.
> 
> In case anyone is unaware,  there are no difficulties  with dialup-with these
> same ISPs either via ppp (modem) or ISDNforLinux.   And after dial-up FTP
> clients are authenticated OK but then  the directories on the remote
> web-server are blanked out and then  it disconnects you.
> 
> Now konqueror can act as a superb ftp client and I have not tried KDE2.1.x
> (which might have a fix) yet.  But I am reporting this so that the konqueror
> people  (who might not be aware this is happening) might be able to take
> corrective action in future releases.
> 
> regards
> sibu
> 
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Dean Pannell wrote:
> > > (Windows), but I have yet to even attempt connecting via PPP to my
> > > service
> >
> > I have Ameritech ADSL and have no problems with ppp dialout.
> >
> > I would be surprised if ISPs are intentially "Microsofting" .  Not shocked,
> > byt surprised.  I have trouble seeing the advantage.  In a competitive
> > business, why chase away business you don't have to?
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