On Thu, 2002-03-14 at 10:03, der.hans wrote:
> Am 14. Mar, 2002 schwätzte Mike Butash so:
> 
> >  There's a cox forum now on their news server that I know for a fact
> > they're actually watching pretty closely, at least for the time being
> > since it's new and they ARE curious what people think of the new network.
> > Might be worth posting there first or email feedback before calling arms
> 
> They've consciously chosen to limit access to two browsers. Complaining to
> them won't do any good.
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I think that you are giving them some undeserved credit...they probably
only checked it with the big 2 browsers. If you've created web sites,
you understand this at least to some extent but you probably have the
mentality that it should work for all browsers (quite understandable).
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> 
> > for govt led smackdowns... sheesh, chill out.  Besides that, lemme see
> 
> They *might* listen to whatever agency regulates them, they won't listen to
> me. I did find out from the corporation commission's web pages that they
> don't regulate cable companies.
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the larger branches of govt have all laid off of the cable companies -
leaving them to negotiate their exclusive contracts with the
municipalities which of course, have little technical savvy to deal with
them.
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> 
> > what I can do.  What browser(s) are you coming in with exactly?
> 
> konqueror 2.2.2-14 on debian. Probably the last few minor versions of
> konqueror over the past couple of weeks as well.
> 
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there is a netscape and a mozilla available for linux - you might want
to have one of them ready for desparate times...I do.

Craig