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[Ryan Macnish <nisshh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 05:09:33 pm Benjamin Humphrey wrote:
> That's probably a good idea until it gets better dialup support by default.
> 
> Are there any statistics on the net that show how many people are
> using what type of connection?
> 
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Ilya Haykinson <haykinson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Actually -- I just looked it up in Ubuntu's own help, and it's pretty
> > pathetic, but they recommend downloading the gnome-network-admin package
> > on another computer. They also say "Most dialup modems are not supported
> > by Ubuntu, but drivers can be found...<etc>".
> > 
> > Please ignore my request. This is just too difficult and I'm claiming it
> > to be an unsupported use case. I'll remove the dialup section
> > altogether.
> > 
> > -ilya
> > 
> > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Benjamin Humphrey <humphreybc@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > wrote:
> >> So network manager doesn't support dialup by default?
> >> 
> >> It would seem a bit silly to force you to download a package from the
> >> internet before you can get the internet.
> >> 
> >> Especially with Ubuntu's emphasis on helping third world countries.
> >> 
> >> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Ryan Macnish <nisshh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 03:52:25 pm Ilya Haykinson wrote:
> >> >> I don't have a modem, nor a computer with a modem, nor a phone line.
> >> >> I'm
> >> >> hoping that someone who still can use dialup can help document the
> >> >> portion
> >> >> of chapter 3 that deals with dialup.
> >> >> 
> >> >> -ilya
> >> > 
> >> > I can help you a bit with that one:
> >> > 
> >> > You need to install a package called, wvdial in most cases with a
> >> > dialup modem
> >> > and i think most config is done with a tool called pppconfig
> >> > 
> >> > Hope this helps.
> >> > 
> >> > Ryan Macnish
> >> > 
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> >> 
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I doubt dialup support will get better, iv read that they have been gradually 
dropping support for it.