[29055] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: DSL (was shopping for NOCs)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Julian Eccli)
Wed Jun 7 01:35:44 2000
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From: "Julian Eccli" <jeccli@ubnetworks.net>
To: <chris.williams@third-rail.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 22:30:20 -0700
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>Doesn't this have more to do with the philosophy of the company
>providing service than the technology being deployed (DSL)?
>Maybe the problem is that DSL tends to involve LEC people who are
>infected with the obsolete lazy-monopoly attitude of the incumbents.
Hey! I used to work for a LEC in the Frozen East!
I take absolutely no offense to the above comment :-) !
Regards,
Julian
>In any case, are there unique operational challenges posed by DSL that
>are causing some of these problems? Is there anything we can do as a
>community to address them (or encourage the people who need to address
>them, to do so)?
>
>Maybe this discussion could evolve into something a little more useful
>than "my DSL provider sucks"..."me too", since there seems to be a lot
>of interest (or at least a lot of unhappy voices)..
