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

[Moniz]

Henry Spencer wrote:

>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. 
>  
>
Actually, I believe PPPoE was implemented to keep the phone company's 
hands off the IP layer. Your ISP handles all of the IP and the phone 
company just provides the pipe.


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