<rant> So when verizon wireless says they never stop working for you, sounds like their landline service's slogan is we've never worked for you. thank god our qwest uses pppoa </rant> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 7:45 PM Subject: re: a new and different modem > I managed with dhcpcd and use of adsl-setup to get the modem where it will > go out onto http://activatemydsl.verizon.net and lynx states I don't have > a local issuer https certificate and offers to download httpschoice which > I have done. I suppose I'll have to find out how to add the contents of > this httpschoice file to my key ring before going any further. It appears > verizon.net took down my service so far, or perhaps that only happens > because my machine couldn't present a valid local issuer certificate when > queried by verion.net. Any ideas for going further with this hook up will > be appreciated. The weird thing was dhcpcd seemed to come up with > 192.168.1.64 for an address but when I looked in /etc/resolv.conf the > nameserver addresses both started out with 199.43 if memory serves. The > big problem in this area effecting all dsl users is verizon put the phone > lines into a corrosive environment that became increasingly corrosive > because of polutant runoff into the Chessapeake which is only a few miles > from where I live and the insulation is flaking off all their cables. > When pieces break down enough that whole areas are without phone service > is when action happens here and no sooner. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
