[ale] OT Speedfactory Problems Anyone?

[Jim Popovitch]

On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 01:51 -0500, Raylynn Knight wrote:
> When did Speedfactory start using PPPOE crap.  

I'm guessing that it's because they don't own the DSLAM that you are
connecting to, and that all they can do is push on to you the policy
that is set by BellSouth.

If you think about it PPPOE makes sense to use if you are providing an
infrastructure, as is the case with BellSouth, that others are reselling
(middleman'ing to use a previous term).  If they weren't using PPPOE
then every circuit needed by SpeedFactory/Speakeasy would require some
hands-on in a DSLAMs.  As it is now, with PPPOE, all BellSouth has to do
is add an entry to an authentication database everytime
SpeedFactory/Speakeasy adds a new client.  This process is probably very
very similar to the authentication/billing/etc process and procedures
used by BellSouth for years in their dial-up access (2400 -> 56K)
business.

-Jim P.