Linux-friendly (non-Bell) GTA DSL providers

[Michael MacLeod]

On 5/22/07, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> PPPoE on linux works perfectly and is rather trivial to setup.
>
> Of course if it uses PPPoE it really is Bell DSL systems you are going
> through, although the ISP providing the actual bandwidth to the internet
> is not Bell (usually at least).

Some ISP's have been buying/leasing up actual space in CO's around the
GTA, but because they already have PPPoE related infrastructure
(RADIUS, etc) they've continued to use it. So it's now quite possible
to have a PPPoE DSL connection and not be connecting to Bell on any
level.

> I am currently considering going to DSL from rogers as well.  So far out
> of the suggestions I have had, teksavvy looks promising.
>
> --
> Len Sorensen
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