ISP-Planet: UNIX, Linux, or NT? | Linux Today

ISP-Planet: UNIX, Linux, or NT?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 11, 2000

[ Thanks to Kevin
Reichard
for this link. ]

“When you’re setting up a new ISP, is there one ‘right’
operating system platform. Members of ISP-CLEC offer opinions.”

“If you were starting up today, or could start over as an ISP,
would you use Unix, Linux or NT servers, and why? Which RAS servers
have the fewest ‘issues’ with user modems and require the least
customer support?”

“One respondent pointed out a number of variables involved in
answering the question…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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