[ale] Inexpensive broadband recommendations

[matty91 at bellsouth.net]

On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Geoffrey wrote:

> John Wells wrote:
> > Grady Harris said:
> >
> >>Guess I'll check  how things stand again in a year.
> >
> >
> > Grady,
> >
> > I use BellSouth ADSL with linux.  It works perfectly.  I'd be happy to
> > help you set it up.
>
> John, I'd be curious as to why you would push Bellsouth?  They are the
> local monopoly, they really stick it to you if you want any extras, like
> static ip, they use pppoe.
>
> We need to support the other alternatives in order to create a
> competitive market.  Right now, the FCC is about to make changes to the
> current laws that require the rbocs to sell their services to other
> companies for local service.  This will impact dsl services as well.  If

The UNE proposals will level the playing field for all companies. In
the end, you will most likely see cheaper and better services from
the CLECs and ILECs in the telecommunciations sector. Since CLECs can
access the network elements of all the RBOCs today, there is not a
monopoly per sae. The CLECs get charged less than what it costs an
ILEC to run the infrastructure. There is a terrific book on this topic. If
your interested in the title, feel free to email me. *IMHO* Deregulation
is a good thing for all.

> the rbocs get their way, we'll have no choice in dsl, but Bellsouth.  We
> all know what that environment is like.
>
>
> --
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
>
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