On Wed, 10 Mar 2010, Chuck Hast wrote:
> How does Verizon react to a Linux box when the go to install FiOS?
> I have friends of mine who are getting FiOS installed, but the computer
> is a Ubuntu ver 9.10. I gave it to them, they were using it at a location
> where they had internet access, it was as it should be plug 'n play
> but now they are having FiOS run to where they live, I have heard all
> sort of horror stories and also no problem stories.
>
> They have already ordered it, but they told VZN that the computer
> was a "windows" computer by mistake. They are going to call back
> and set things straight. I have heard stories that VZN will not install
> if there is not a windows box at the install site, but I have heard that
> others had no issues at all, so suspect that it is up to the knowledge
> of the installer, and perhaps the person who takes the order.
Possibly. When I installed, I used my laptop to boot to honest-to-goodness
Windows. They wanted Windows to run IE to run some ActiveX control. But
that only needs to happen once. So conceivably, you could borrow a Winbox.
Heck, it might work under emulation; I haven't tried.
> Any ideas here? The FiOS person is supposed to be on site Friday from Noon
> to 2pm. I am thinking of going over there and waiting on him to arrive to
> try to help with things just in case they get a walking fence post.
Things may be better now, or there may have been a non-Windows method they
didn't tell me about.
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