like why bother? OS2 is dead, hardly anyone uses it so why bother blowing your dough on eComm junk, it never works v. well... right? In case you have not heard CHROME will blow MS away so all you fake OS2 users that pretend your ISP lets you log on when you really use TwindoZe can just, that's right, keep blowing smoke!

Not sure what the negativity is about... but in our office, only one machine is Windows... the rest are OS/2 or eComStation, and all log in to our ISP without problems. When we have ISP issues (connection down, etc) and call for support, the techs seem actually happy we are running OS/2, as we can help the diagnose the issues without having to go through the list of Windows-only issues (mangled TCP implementation (by a virus, malware, whatever), hosed forced update that damaged something, or whatever). Instead, they are quite thrilled that I can just jump on, do traceroutes, flush the routing tables, or do whatever without me needing to "scan for this" or "check for this" or "does another Windows machine do it to - or is it possible that one is infected and thus does not have access to the Internet"
YMMV, but my ISP has never had a problem with us running OS/2.
On top of that, most ISPs wouldnt really know or care - since most people connect via a NAT device (ie: wireless router connected to a cable/dsl modem) - which OS/2 works fine with.
Anyway, one can see that, for quite some time, our ISP hasnt cared in the least (and we've had absolutely no issues connecting) that we run OS/2:
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http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.aibpc.com (five years plus - first as solely aibuiltpc.com, then the shorter domain was added recently)
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http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.startreknewvoyages.com (permanently switched April 2010 - 50,000 unique visitors a month)
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http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://forums.startreknewvoyages.com (permanently switched April 2010 - 15,000 unique visitors a month)
Best,
Robert