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We have had Verizon/Frontier for going on 18 months now. We have just the modem & the modem-router-wireless combo, and it works fine with Mepis 3.3 & 8.5, Debian 5.05 Live, Open Suse 11.3 Live, Mint, Puppy, and ArtistX, both x32 and x64 versions.....and it was plug & play.

I don't use the combo modem any more because I would switch off the wireless, and it would "magically" get switched back on...sometimes in a few min, sometimes the next day, sometimes a few days later. We never changed anything during this time, so I will leave it at that....

I went back to the plain-jane modem & a cheap linksys router and we have never had a problem running 3 systems on it.

Now, as for Frontier.....if you do go with the service keep an eye on your ping & speed.

We pay for 3mb service, never stayed at that, usually get 2.6, 2.8 on good days. At least 3 times a week we get knocked off for an average of 45min. Our speeds get slower almost every night, clear down to 1.6 for an entire eve.....they know me by first name at tech support!

And it is not just me, the entire apt complex & most of the village goes thru the same thing

The modems are Westell, 6100G & 7500 combo.

Sorry for the book.....



First they said I couldn't get just a modem.
I read about the speed issues also. I can only afford,barely, the 1meg, it would certainly piss me off to be knocked down to dialup speed. I think I'll just keep good old reliable until I REALLY NEED it.

John
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