On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Alex Pilosov wrote:
FWIW: You can get a DSL provisioned through Verizon DSLAMs via many different ISPs (they vary per LATA). Many of them (cough) offer business-class services (subnets, VPN/IPSEC).
Until Verizon pulls an SBC on you and forces all your clients to connect through a "broadband gateway" that lets them sell other services directly to YOUR customer through that pipe... See http://www.cispa.org/forum-dsl-news.html and http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2787113,00.html Charles
Chain goes like this: (In most states, example given in VZ and SBC area) ILEC (Verizon/SBC) sells physical copper lines to DILEC (VADI/ADI) who provides "Layer 2" service to ILEC's ISP (Verizon Online DSL) Many other ISPs.
Legally (again, in most states), DLEC arm of ILEC is not allowed to provide layer 3 service, and is obligated to sell the service to all ISPs including ILEC-affiliated ISP on equal terms.
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