Re: [PLUG] dyndns + speakeasy

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

On 02 Mar, 2005, at 10:45, Eugene Smiley wrote:
> 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?

Yes... Although it's probably more like a commercial lease than either 
renting
or selling. The whole process is controlled by FCC/PUC definitions.

As I understand the rate process, when a CLEC takes control of a line,
the line becomes theirs, Verizon no longer has any control or "access" 
to
the line.

If there is a wire problem, the CLEC must contact Verizon, and pay
Verizon to "roll the truck."

The difference is that Speakeasy is paying Verizion to provide a working
DSL line (which they pay for at a bulk rate) whereas Cavalier is simply
paying for "dry-copper." Note that this is the same setup that Covad 
uses
... COVAD "buys" a "dry-copper" pair from Verizon. Verizon installs the
copper (which has no dial-tone), then COVAD installs the DSL.

Another way to look at it is that in the CO, the "dry-copper" line 
connects
directly to the CLEC's equipment, bypassing all Verizon equipment.
Whereas Speakeasy is simply getting a data feed off the back-side of
Verizon's DSLAM. The CLEC equipment provides your dial-tone not 
Verizon's.

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