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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Which US firm, verizon?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org [<A HREF="mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org">mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org</A>] On Behalf Of CLIFFORD ILKAY</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: February 3, 2006 5:01 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: DIY ISP (was Re: [TLUG]: So Rogers has lost me as a customer...)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On February 1, 2006 15:05, Vlad Slavoaca wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Well, first, DSL technology Doesn't Work Like That(tm). Not</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> just the distance, but also, you know, going over Bell's lines and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> into their DSLAM.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I've read HOW-TOs for doing this. It can be done, but the distance is </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the killer.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> What you want is a LANx ("LAN Extension Service").</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Basically, it's a fiber line from your office to another location</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> of your choice, usually a datacentre, to your equipment there. If</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> you have upstream at that location, all the better.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> It's basically a Layer 2 link managed by a third party.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Some can be pretty cheap; as in, about a grand a month for a 10Mbit</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> line or so.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>That just isn't worth it, not when a Rogers connection is a tenth of </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the price and it would cost $35k+ to get fiber to the building. I'm </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>envious of a friend in the Washington, D.C. area who just got a fiber </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>10Mb/s connection to his home for $100/mo.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>-- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Regards,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Clifford Ilkay</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Dinamis Corporation</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Toronto, ON</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Canada M4N 3P6</FONT>
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