Re: [PLUG] Comcast Crackdown

[Andrew White <andrew@white.com>]

On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Bill Jonas wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 10:39:29PM -0500, Andrew White wrote:
> > To be fair, we only "officially" support the ADSL modems that Verizon
> > supports -- Westell.  However, I know for a fact that many of our
> > subscribers use other vendors' ADSL modems -- Linksys,
> > ENI/Speedstream, Zyxel, and others.
>
> Just a quick (couple of) questions.  I have the ENI "SpeedStream 5260
> Ethernet ADSL Modem" (part number 060-5660-003) from previous ADSL
> service.  (It's the black and gray unit with the rubber feet that look
> like fins on one side.)  Would this one work?  (FWIW, I think I've seen
> it in use at the house of a friend who subscribes to DCA.)

Yes, that modem should work just fine.

> Assuming it works with your service and I do the splitting and filtering
> myself, is this all there is to it?

Yep.

> Any other fees/contract length requirements?

For Verizon DSL, month-to-month contracts are
possible.  I do believe _Verizon_ will charge
you some fee if you cancel in less than 90
days, however.

> (The pricing page is on the other side of the CGI
> script that asks for the address and phone number;
> please consider putting a static HTML copy of that
> information in the generally-accessible area of the
> site.  I've submitted the requested information a
> couple or more times by this point just to
> comparison shop.)

This suggestion has been sent to our sales/marketing
group several times, and it'll be on our "new and
improved" web site to launch later this year.

> Any difference between the
> Verizon and Covad DSL you provide (IIRC)?  Why the
> PITA tying of IP and MAC addresses (or do you still
> do that)?

Verizon ADSL via DCANet gets you 6 static IPs, whereas
Covad gets you five.  The reasons for this, and for
the requirement of tracking MAC addresses, are simply
limitations in the equipment used to terminate the
circuit.  We use Cisco and Redback -- and both require
hard binding of MAC to IP address when PPPoE is not
used.

-Andrew



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