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

[Joe Hill]

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 19:26:21 -0400 (EDT)
Henry Spencer <henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org> uttered:

> 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. 

Eeeexceellleent!

> 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. 

Thanks for the lesson, one more reason to tell those bastages to kiss my
ass.

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