[ale] Re: speedfactory dsl router setup

[ale1 at cybertechcafe.net (Nathan J. Underwood)]

If that's the case (and I'm not saying it's not, I'm just genuinely 
curious), and Bell South is just providing the copper, then why does it 
have to be PPoE?  I thought that PPoE was a requirement [from BS to SF] 
for the high speed service.
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Geoffrey wrote:
> Christopher Fowler wrote:
> 
>> Isn't SpeedFactory just using <flamebait>BellSouth</flamebait> on the
>> high-speed stuff.  His pppoe client is authenticating with
>> <flamebait>BS</flamebait>  and not SF.  This is my understanding.
> 
> 
> No, they connect to a Speedfactory server.  Bellsouth is simply 
> providing the physical connection.
>