Re: Yup; the Internet is screwed up.

Once upon a time, Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com> said:

The attraction of DSL was, among other things, that it was nailed down to one and only one service provider, you couldn't just "dial" some other provider like with ISDN.

When BellSouth switched their DSL from PVC-per-customer to PPPoE, it was set up with the ability for a single line to be "subscribed" to multiple providers. The domain in the username used for PPPoE authentication was to determine to which provider the session was connected. I don't know if that capability was ever used (or even actually available). -- Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.