Re: [PLUG] Linksys and DSL

["William H. Magill" <magill@mcgillsociety.org>]

On 20 Sep, 2004, at 14:08, James Kelly wrote:
> I have recently started working for a small ISP down in VA, we resell
> Covad/Verizon DSL.  Our business customers do not use PPPoE, and I 
> would
> assume it is the same up there.

There IS a difference between a service offered by Verizon itself and 
one offered by a reseller.

To the best of my knowledge, all Verizon DHCP based service is provided 
via PPPoE,  (Consumer or Business). This is done primarily for billing 
purposes (although they will claim it is also a security issue).

Don't know about Verizon's Static IP service.

In those cases where a reseller is involved, that reseller determines 
how any IP addresses are assigned, and consequently how an end user 
connects. Verizon is simply providing an empty pipe from the home to 
the DSLAM in the CO. The DSLAM is cross-connected in the CO to the 
ISP's "cloud" instead of to Verizon's "cloud." The setup is not 
significantly different from that surrounding a CLEC. ... Verizon 
provides the wire, the CLEC determines how it is used.

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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