[ale] [OT] AT&T DSL vs RoadRunner cable broadband

[Jason Fritcher]

On Feb 9, 2009, at 7:46 AM, Geoffrey wrote:
> I'm trying to understand this statement.  Whenever I've had dsl  
> service
> with other providers, BS has always been involved because they own the
> 'last mile.'  Back when I had Speedfactory dsl and before that when I
> had ISDN.
>
> To what hardware are you referring?

 From my experience, that would be the Remote Terminals that they  
won't give anyone access to. In my case, my AT&T DSL line on a Remote  
Terminal is only 2500 ft from the RT at the entrance of my  
subdivision. I get 8128/508 syncs there. If I had gone with a provider  
who provisioned through Covad, then they would have had to provision  
the line from the CO, which is 16000 ft from my house. The part I'm  
not so clear on is, can AT&T resellers resell lines terminated to a RT?

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Jason Fritcher
jkf at wolfnet.org