[29058] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: DSL (was shopping for NOCs)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rdobbins@netmore.net)
Wed Jun 7 02:33:50 2000
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To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 23:32:11 -0700
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I used to work for Bell Atlantic - it was like working for the Soviet Union.
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Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@netmore.net> // 818.535.5024 voice
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From: Julian Eccli [mailto:jeccli@ubnetworks.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 10:30 PM
To: chris.williams@third-rail.net
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Subject: Re: DSL (was shopping for NOCs)
>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)..
