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Re: [PLUG] dyndns + speakeasy
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William H. Magill wrote:
> Verizon and Speakeasy are both reselling the same Verizon local
> loop.
>
> Cavalier, however, is a CLEC, and it "owns" that last mile, not
> Verizon. (It's a legal thing, not physical, but it is a completely
> different setup than Speakeasy simply buying and reselling a
> Verizon DSL loop.)
Ok. I guess I'm confused. When I had my line provisioned, it was a
Verizon line tech who came out to "install" the the line at the NID.
What you're saying is that Verizon is selling instead of renting the
loops to Cavalier?
>> Another problem is when you're in an area where all available
>> loops are allocated and there is no plan to expand.
>
> ??? If you have phone service, you have a local loop. You may be in
> an area served by Fibre, and consequently no DSLAM is available,
> but that also is a different problem.
Sorry. I was refering to the issue with getting a second line
provisioned where no more loops are available in a neighborhood.
> Everybody's rates are going up -- very soon. The FCC just (last
> week, I think) dropped the requirement that the ILEC (Incumbent
> Local Exchange Carrier) has to sell their loops to the CLEC
> (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) "cheap." Off hand, I don't
> know if that decision takes effect today, 1 March, or later.
VoIP has been on my list for a while. Looks like now that I'm done
renovating, it's time to jump on the bandwagon.
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