I don't think what you are after will be as feasible as it sounds like you're used to in Europe. In the US, there are _many_ different telephone companies each servicing a certain area, and they each have different policies and procedures on whether they will offer wholesale DSL in a given market. For this type of wholesale access, you will need to make arrangements with each operator in the area you want access to. I will tell you that the usage of IP/L2TP as a delivery mechanism is not as pervasive as I often hear about in other countries. In most cases, I've found telephone companies still require you to have an in-market ATM circuit to accept the handoff via PVC(s). This can get expensive, quickly, if you're trying to aggregate connections to a single POP in NYC that are not close to NYC, as you need to back haul that ATM circuit to each respective market. Additionally, FCC ruling some years back made it so the telephone companies no longer must make available wholesale access to their DSL/broadband networks, and as a result some no longer offer access to independent operators. Those on your list of potential operators that do continue to do so have had a policy of not offering new products/services to wholesale DSL customers since this ruling, which I guess is most likely for "business" reasons and perceived competitive threats to their own local broadband offerings. The long term availability of these services is in doubt as ADSL1 fades away. (Examples include: Qwest: No access to ADSL2 network/speeds, VDSL network/speeds. Lack/loss of wholesale access to DSL in markets not supported by ADSL1 or converted away from ADSL1. Verizon: No access to FIOS/Fiber-based services. Inability to get copper based ADSL services at a location converted to fiber.) Some, such as Verizon, also refuse to offer their wholesale solution to people not using it for resale (IE: enterprise customers), regardless of line quantities. If you wish to proceed, here are links to the appropriate provider information pages which detail their product offers and architectures: Qwest: http://www.qwest.com/wholesale/pcat/hsihostservice.html Verizon: https://www22.verizon.com/dslmembersonly/contents.jsp?show=aboutdsl ATT: Varies by market, but you can find your links here: http://www.business.att.com/wholesale/Family/ip-solutions-wholesale/dsl-tran... You may find in many cases, that contracting with a local/smaller ISP in each market who has an existing wholesale arrangement with your desired carrier in place, and asking them to deliver the services over L2TP, may be the best solution for smaller quantities of connections. Or seriously consider a VPN solution if it's more appropriate for what you are doing. On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Olivier CALVANO <o.calvano@gmail.com>wrote:
Hello,
I work for a French operator, so I know well wholesales solutions E1/Sdsl/Adsl online a few countries Europe.
I am looking to find how wholesales work in the U.S., basically, we would be in New York City and would have a wholesales Dsl/T1 issued or L2TP VLAN. I tried contact operators like Qwest or AT & T but impossible to have a credible interlocutor.
So I posted in the nanog as I turn a little too round. Someone on the list could give me information on the techniques and the average price of trunk?
Is there a solution that allows me to connect one site whatever it either the USA in Q1 was my point of presence in New York City?
Thank you in advance olive
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