[39020] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SBC forcing new contract on ISPs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher A. Woodfield)
Mon Jun 25 14:50:44 2001
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:42:05 -0400
To: Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>, nanog@merit.edu
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From: "Christopher A. Woodfield" <rekoil@semihuman.com>
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What I meant, and probably should have worded more clearly, is that by
forcing DSL ISPs to use PPPoE which from what I understand is a consumer
technology, SBC is the only provider who can offer other services over the
DSL pair, such as ATM service or voice/video over IP.
-C
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 01:35:59PM -0500, Chris Adams wrote:
>
> Once upon a time, Christopher A. Woodfield <rekoil@semihuman.com> said:
> > If I'm reading this correctly, SBC is forcing ISPs that resell SBC's DSL
> > access to go with PPPoE over ATM, thus potentially forcing businesses to
> > buy DSL net access from SBC directly.
>
> Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see how PPPoA forces businesses
> to buy DSL elsewhere.
> --
> Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
> I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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