Warning: Geek-think

Google Verizon support for Linux and you'll discover that, on the record, there isn't any. That's right, Verizon does not support Linux for some dumb-ass undisclosed reason. I'm sure that you people can supply the most likely reason why.

The link above is merely one of the latest of many, many pages of threads on this topic: rants on the idiocy of the policy and a host of cracks, hacks and whatnot to get around the problem.

I present my own simple-minded solution. This won't help you if all you run is Linux or if you don't have a home network set up. However if you do have a home network, and the server machine is on an operating system that Verizon does deign to support, you can add a Linux machine by just naming and adding it to the existing supported network. Presto chango, there you are! Verizon doesn't seem to care as long as the initial machine is one it likes.

I tried this as a final shot before resorting to some of the more elaborate cracks available on the Internet. It resembles monkeys writing Hamlet, but so do a lot of things I try.