[wplug] setting up verizon dsl

[Robert Coutch]

When I called them a few months ago they told me
I had no choice except to use a Windows PC or Mac to set up my account.

I'm glad to see the times are changing.

-Bob


On Thursday 17 July 2003 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.