[ale] Now that DirecTV DSL is discontinuing...

[jb at sourceillustrated.com (John Wells)]

FWIW,
> 3) What is the major diff between PPPoE vs Static?  I keep hearing
> hullabaloo about how much PPPoE sucks, but I haven't noticed any reasons
>  other than the inconvenience factor.  (Plus I use an external Firewall,
> so  a USB device wouldn't work for me, and I understand BS.N has a lot
> of those  USB DSL modems)

I use HellSouth DSL.  No problems with PPPOE at all.  Great uptime.  And
BellSouth also has external ethernet modems (you must request
specifically) which play very nicely with Linux.

Good luck,

John




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