high speed DSL connectivity

[Henry Spencer]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, Fraser Campbell wrote:
> > No, definitely not true.  I have DSL without PPPoE.
> > Whether you can avoid PPPoE *cheaply*...
> 
> Right, but in your case was it a custom order, you dealing directly with the 
> ISP and requesting a specific type of service?

No, it was a standard (business-class) service, although not a cheap one.

> I had assumed that the more expensive business services (say ones giving you a
> small static subnet) were still pppoe underneath just with a smarter "modem" 
> hiding the details.  Is that wrong?

As Anthony has already noted, there *is* a level of service where no PPPoE
is involved at all, although it's unusual enough that extra pain is needed
to set it up. 

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org

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