RE: NEVER USE SORBS
> > That's not actually true. ADSL Can be as guaranteed as ISDN. But in the
> UK
> > the reason why this is not done is because its impossible to get a SLA
> > agreement with BT on a PSTN line. You can only get them on ISDN or
> leased
> > lines and of course because ADSL runs on top of this you cannot possible
> > have a SLA on it. But there is no real reason why this could not be done
> > other than that. Would be interesting to see if that is the same problem
> in
> > .au
>
> I was talking .AU specific as I eleaborated on a little more in the
> second reply. SHDSL here comes with SLA's almost as good as most Frame
> services, but at this point as most of the country "has" to use
> Telstra's infrastructure because they cant afford to run thier own, we
> are stuck with a fairly sub-standard adsl network. There are also other
> issues such as the tail to the premises etc, but thats another issue
> entirely.
That sounds very similar to the UK. BT Here own everything in the ground.
Then charge the ISP's by the mbit to transport data from phone exchanges to
the ISP's. This is why many ISP in the UK have cap's and various caps at on
peak / offpeak times. OFTEL Who are government based in the UK have forced
BT to allow ISP however to place their own adsl kits into exchanges to get
around this bottle neck. But its only worth while doing these on a large
scale eg the bigger cities.
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