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Re: (ASCEND) [Q] DSLPipe S as COE and CPE ?
Peter Lalor wrote:
> >From: Jim Howard <jhoward@lyceum.com>
> >
> >At 22:04 1998/06/02 -0500, DWX Network Operations wrote:
> >>The question is this: has anyone any experience with the DSLPipe
> >>as CO equipment? Will the DSLPipe, configured in such a manner
> >>function in a real-world setting as a low-end, low-cost DSL router?
> >
> >not yet, our ILEC BellSouth has been dragging their feet for months
> >on giving our CLEC partner and ourselves access to unbundled network loop,
> >because they say they "have not tariffed DSL loops yet"
> >
> >so, now that they have finished their six-month trial
> >in Alabama they are ready to offer DSL internet access through
> >BellSouth.net, and now they file the tariff...
> >leaving us six months behind on the learning curve.
>
> I'm sure that's purely accidental on their part, and not at all
> anti-competetive or malicious.
>
> NOT!
>
> This seems to be the same story across the country. I wish I had a big,
> mean-spirited lawyer. Or several hundred. Like the one in Fear and Loathing.
Preach on brother Peter! ;^)
Actually, I can't believe the LECs (or whomever) can get away with
this. This is the same story in Dallas - at least in GTE land... Does
anybody know if any ISP groups are doing anything about this? In
reguard to ISP groups, are there any ISP unions/groups that are worth
the dues?
>
>
> Sorry. This really didn't have squat to do with Ascend, did it? I just get
> so mad...
Me too.
-- Robert
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