Teksavvy Nightmare

[Scott Sullivan]

On 04/08/2013 12:29 PM, Thomas Milne wrote:
> Indeed. I didn't realize that Canadians were still clinging to this
> mythology of Bell as some omnipotent machiavellian hydra. Teksavvy, at
> least in this case, is the incompetent party.
>
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 9:32 PM, John Moniz <john.moniz-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org
> <mailto:john.moniz-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org>> wrote:
>
>     On 04/07/2013 07:59 PM, Michael MacLeod wrote:
>>
>>     All interesting info, but not really germane to the original
>>     complaint. Whether it's a bell tech or a subcontractor, it's not a
>>     TekSavvy tech. Fault lies with bell (or persons contacted to them).
>>
>
>     Unbelievable logic...

So the problem that this all stems from is that no one can control 
enough of the stack to deliver a meaningful end to end quality of 
service. Bell in theory could, but they stopped trying decades ago.

For anything on the wire network the Wholesale ISPs are left playing 
telephone tag with business processes they have no control over.

One way out is rolling out your own physical infrastructure, which is 
costly, gives you far more limited reach and is a duplication of what 
already exists.

It also used to be that anyone could put their equipment in a Central 
Office and work out from there. With the new VDSL2 equipment the SLAMs 
are now being deployed to concrete bunkers and onto the sides of the 
neighbourhood wire box (pedestal). These locations you can't get access 
to put in your own equipment.

One way to fix the system is get the CRTC out of Bells pocket and have 
them actually support real competition. Not this watered down access 
that is the current Wholesale arrangement.

The funny thing is, if Bell really supported the wholesale use of their 
network, in just a few short years they would have better service 
companies to buy up and improve their own quality of service. But that 
would make too much sense.

-- 
Scott Sullivan
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