Re: (ASCEND) DSLAM recommendations

[Peter Lalor <plalor@infoasis.com>]

>From: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net>
>
>We are looking into providing DSL for our customers and I was just 
>wondering if someone could answers a couple of questions:
>
>1.  What are the most popular DSLAMs to use at the Telco location?
>
>2. What DSL products do you need for the customer?
>
>3.  How much does co-location at the Phone/switch cost?
>
>4.  Do you need to become a CLEC in order to obtain dry pairs from the Telco?
>
>5.  Is there any companies that subcontract their DSLAMs to small ISPs?

As you're apparently a small ISP, forget about #s 1-5 and concentrate 
on 5. Several CLECs colo DLAMs with the ILEC and thereby provide DSL 
to ISPs for resale. They will answer #2 for you, depending on the 
DSLAMs they use.

To name a few:
Covad		http://www.covad.com/
Northpoint	http://www.northpoint.net/
Rhythms		http://www.rhythms.com/

Your local ILEC may also wholesale DSL (probably ADSL) too.

There are also other CLECs and ISPs who act as aggregators, bringing 
you DSL from other providers. I can think of a few offhand,

Flashcom	http;//www.flashcom.com/
ICG		http://www.icgcomm.com/
Zyan		http://www.zyan.com/

You will probably find that the additional layer of the aggregator 
will temp you to refer to them as an aggravator. Of course, CLECs are 
phone companies, and therefore a pain to deal with too. ;-)

You may also be able to find an ISP that already has a connection to 
a CLEC or three and will wholesale to you. We do this on a small 
scale in certain regions, but this isn't a sales email.

I'm not necessarily recommending any of the above companies. In fact, 
I know that some (most?) of them are boneheaded.
-- 

Peter Lalor           Infoasis
plalor@infoasis.com   http://www.infoasis.com/

"Where's my burrito?" -- Homer
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