SBC Wants To Switch DSL Format To PPPoE

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday August 5, 2001 @04:02AM from the bleah dept.

Mr. Haplo writes: "Looks like SBC's at it again. According to this story, SBC wants to change everyone's DSL connection to PPPoE. The article goes on to say that the California Public Utilities Commission and the ISP Association are filing complaints against SBC and PacBell over this. It doesn't mention anything about SDSL connections, however, so I don't know what they'll do, if anything, about them. They do say that business services would be left alone, though, so I assume this means just about any SDSL services (I hope!). Someone needs to take a baseball bat to SBC's executives."

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Now... by Arminius · 2001-08-05 04:05 · Score: 1, Flamebait

I know why I love my cable!

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Re:It doesn't matter to me... by platypus · 2001-08-05 06:22 · Score: 1, Flamebait

The real reason that PPPoE is used is so you can chose your ISP while maintianing the same DSL, just change your PPPoE settings to point to a different ISP. Personally, I'd sacrifice choice for the use of standard protocols.

Ever heard of rfc 2516.
Check your facts. You have a standard and choice. PPPoE isn't bad.