I'm not even going to quote all that complete nonsense. If you're using Linux on dial-up, you're not going to be using spyware- infested popup bullshit software from lame ISPs, period. So all that babbling was pointless. Like I said.. pap, chap, ppp. If it's more complicated than that, don't use it. Earthlink should work fine, or local ISPs a lot of times are simple and cheaper than the 'big ones'.