[wplug] setting up verizon dsl

[Doug Green]

Hey John-
I used to have Verizon at home, and I remember having to boot Windows  
to "initiate" my account. From that point forward, I could use RP. At  
that time, there were no exceptions to this- I was hoping that by now  
they would have changed their procedure, but apparently they've not. I  
sure do wish Telerama was a bit cheaper...
Doug



On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 05:19  PM, John Harrold wrote:

> so back when i got my dsl from verizon, i couldn't figure out a way to  
> set
> it up (i.e. get my account initialized) without windows (or macos). so  
> i
> was helping my friend set it up on windows xp and it would just hang.  
> then
> i called their tech support. they gave me a temporary username and
> password, let me connect and then pointed me to the following page:
>
> https://dslreg.bellatlantic.net/launch/start
>
> which is evidently how accounts are created now. so presumably you  
> could
> setup your account from some other computer and then fire up the stuff  
> from
> roaring penguin.
>
> i don't know if this is useful to anyone, but i hadnt seen it anywhere  
> else
> so i thought i would share it with you all.
>
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