[ale] Re: speedfactory dsl router setup

[Christopher Fowler]

On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 12:06, Geoffrey wrote:
> Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 09:28 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> > 
> >>Christopher Fowler wrote:
> >>
> >>>Isn't SpeedFactory just using <flamebait>BellSouth</flamebait> on the
> >>>high-speed stuff.  His pppoe client is authenticating with
> >>><flamebait>BS</flamebait>  and not SF.  This is my understanding.
> >>
> >>No, they connect to a Speedfactory server.  Bellsouth is simply 
> >>providing the physical connection.
> > 
> > 
> > Hmmm.  Are you sure?
> 
> Yes.  As a matter of fact, I just called Speedfactory and verfied that 
> when you connect to Speedfactory via pppoe, you are connecting to a 
> Speedfactory router.

Why in the hell do they even use PPPOE then.  I was told when I upgraded
to a faster speed I had to use PPPOE because of BS's hardware.