Re: PPPoE for base?
Jim -- Sorry, but I don't understand what you mean by "use an ISP other than
his DSL provider". DSL is a communications service provided by telcos and,
in principle, it can be used with any ISP. Around here, many ISPs offer
service using DSL connections, without imposing PPPoE on their customers.
At 10:41 AM 6/17/00 -0400, James R. Van Zandt wrote:
>
>Ray Olszewski <ray@comarre.com> writes:
>>PPPoE = PPP over Ethernet. It's the connection method icnreasingly
>>being imposed on home DSL users by their ISPs (PacBell and Bell
>>Atlantic are two big DSL providers inflicting it on their new
>>customers).
>
>It may seem jury-rigged, but I have heard that PPPoE makes it possible
>for the customer to use an ISP other than his DSL provider.
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
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Palo Alto, CA ray@comarre.com
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