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On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Alex Pilosov wrote: > FWIW: You can get a DSL provisioned through Verizon DSLAMs via many > different ISPs (they vary per LATA). Many of them (cough) offer > business-class services (subnets, VPN/IPSEC). Until Verizon pulls an SBC on you and forces all your clients to connect through a "broadband gateway" that lets them sell other services directly to YOUR customer through that pipe... See http://www.cispa.org/forum-dsl-news.html and http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2787113,00.html Charles > Chain goes like this: (In most states, example given in VZ and SBC area) > ILEC (Verizon/SBC) sells physical copper lines to > DILEC (VADI/ADI) who provides "Layer 2" service to > ILEC's ISP (Verizon Online DSL) > Many other ISPs. > > Legally (again, in most states), DLEC arm of ILEC is not allowed to > provide layer 3 service, and is obligated to sell the service to all ISPs > including ILEC-affiliated ISP on equal terms. > > > -- > Alex Pilosov | http://www.acedsl.com/home.html > CTO - Acecape, Inc. | AceDSL:The best ADSL in the world > 325 W 38 St. Suite 1005 | (Stealth Marketing Works! :) > New York, NY 10018 | >
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