high speed DSL connectivity

[James Knott]

Anthony de Boer wrote:
> Fraser Campbell wrote:
> 
>>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?
> 
> 
> There are two higher-speed services, one being PPPOE underneath, and the
> other being delivered as raw ethernet.  However, the latter requires Bell
> to manually configure a route through their ATM[0] backbone and costs a
> lot more.  The financial incentives indicate that DSL will mean PPPOE,
> unless you're willing to pay extra not to have to deal with it.
> 
> [0] Asyncronous Transfer Mode, not cash machines, if anyone was wondering.
> 

I thought it was Adobe Type Manager!  ;-)


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