ISP Suggestions...(was Re: Re:Help With Home Server)

[Henry Spencer]

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Joe Hill wrote:
> I don't get the diff between DSL and PPPoE DSL, other than the greater
> bandwidth, how does the regular DSL service connect if it's not PPPoE?

It doesn't "connect".  It's there all the time, like an Ethernet.  That's
how DSL actually works.  It never disconnects, so it has no need to
connect.  There is a continuous, always-live path between your DSL modem
and the DSL router at the phone company. 

There is absolutely nothing about DSL that requires an extra layer of
protocols to make it act like a virtual phone call.  PPPoE is largely an
artifact of phone-company stupidity -- it was created by people who simply
could not conceive of a network that didn't act like a telephone system. 

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org

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