On 13-02-04 14:57, Fletcher Kittredge wrote:
of the reason you have had difficulty ordering them. The proper term is Unbundled Network Elements(UNE) copper loops.
The Bell Canada tariff on ADSL acess (5410) uses the following terminology: (GAS = wholesale DSL service operated by incumbent telco that provides PPPoE (there are some variations that provide ethernet connection) between end users and independent ISPs) ## (h) GAS Access will only be provisioned over Company provided primary exchange service, unbundled local loops used to provide CLEC primary exchange service, or dry loops. ## "Dry Loop" refers to a local loop that has no phone service attached to it (either telco or CLEC) but has the telco's wholesale DSL service. As I recall, it is tariffed separatly and differently from unbundled local loops. (If an ISP has its own DSLAM, it would need an unbundled local loop since it isn't buying the wholesale DSL service from Bell). In the USA, is access to the last mile copper mandated only for CLECs or can a company that is not a CLEC (aka: an ISP) also get access to the copper between CO and homes ?