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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Internet access and telco usage patterns
On Thu, 4 Jul 1996, Ed Morin wrote: > GTE has been promoting this model for several years now. They seem to > be getting closer to something reasonable and I guess several ISP's are > considering and/or doing it. > > Has anybody looked at the practicality of installing modem pools in each > > telco switch location to grab the dialup user's traffic at the IP level > > and then route it to their ISP of choice for authentication and further > > routing. In other words, an ISP wouldn't buy phone lines, modems and > > terminal servers, they would buy IP access ports. I now find that BC-Tel is offering this service in parts of British Columbia. BC-Tel is half owned by GTE. Michael Dillon ISP & Internet Consulting Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com E-mail: [email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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