Road Runner Doesn't Do XP

PerlStalker writes: "Internet News has an article up that mentions, among other things, that Road Runner (owned primarily by AOL/TW) will not support XP. From the article: 'Road Runner, the second-largest cable Internet service provider (ISP) in the nation with more than 1.4 million subscribers, does not support the controversial new operating system (OS) for its customers and will not support its use on the cable network.'" Note that this doesn't stop customers from connecting to Road Runner from XP systems, but until their staff is trained specifically, Road Runner won't help them with technical problems arising from that combination.

Comments

You can use Windows XP

[AintTooProudToBeg]

Tech support just won't help you if you tell them you're running Windows XP.

What difference does it make?

[Zaknafein500]

I don't see how this is news worthy. Sure, RR hasn't trained their staff yet, so they don't support it. It's new software, these things take time. Why this warrants a story I do not understand.

I've had a Linux router working on my RR connection for months, and one of my machines is running XP RC2. As long as you can get an IP from DHCP and pass IP packets to a gateway, there's nothing else to support.