North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Microsoft offering xDSL access
On Fri, Jan 23, 1998 at 03:19:37AM -0000, John R. Levine wrote: > But the important thing they did not say (and which may be of some > interest to NANOG) was what is supposed to happen to the packets once > they whiz down the DSL wire from the consumer to the phone company > central office, since DSL data, unlike ISDN or regular dialup > connections, doesn't go through the phone switch. Whoever handles > that IP traffic needs a router or something similar next to the phone > switch to connect to those DSL pairs. Do the Bells plan to hand all > the traffic to their oh-so-independent ISP subsidiaries? Will it be > gold rush time as every ISP in the country scrambles to get colo space > for a router in every central office in the territory they want to > serve? Do the Bells plan to sell MAN connections between telco-run > routers at the phone office and the ISPs? Who knows? The only plan I can see that would be equitable would be for tge regulated utility to operate the "DSL-Max's" (or whatever), and rent access to all comers at a tarriffed price. This _is_ after all a side effect of the fact that they have an effective monopoly on the copper... and it _is_ the regulated company that owns the copper. As long as they're charging their subsidiary the same price as me, I don't care. But I _wouldn't_ let them provide _anything_ except routing. No news, no mail, no Radius... nada. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [email protected] Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Two words: Darth Doogie." -- Jason Colby, Tampa Bay, Florida on alt.fan.heinlein +1 813 790 7592
|