Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 11:59:26 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ADSL Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971107115856.282D-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971107112850.23646B-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, spork wrote: > We were talking with NYNEX briefly and you basically have two ways to go > with this: > > 1) Become a CLEC, buy equipment that meets Bell standards and co-locate at > some COs. The telco will bring copper to you. They will make no > guarantees on the quality of the copper; maybe it will work for xDSL, > maybe not ;) Run a big fat expensive pipe to colo for your bandwidth. > > 2) Hope your office is very close to CO. When a customer orders service, > you order dry copper to the CO as well. Telco ties the two copper lines > together so there is a path from the customer to your facilities. Same > lack of guarantees on line qualities. Buy big bandwidth. > > We gave up because of all the "ifs". > Im looking at this and spectrum - Nynex sucks - period - so we are trying to work with the smaller phone companies, and around them all. > > Charles Sprickman Internet Channel > spork@super-g.com access@inch.com > > ---- ---- > "I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man > Just a mortal with potential of a superman > I'm living on" -DB > > On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Steve Hovey wrote: > > > > > Anyone out there using ADSL? > > > >
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