[Asterisk-Users] OT: DSL without voice

[Chad Whitten]

The Georgia PSC requires RBOC's and LEC's to unbundle pots from dsl.  most 
other states' PSC's arent as progressive.

On Friday 17 December 2004 08:29, Tom Chandler wrote:
> Most RBOC's & ILEC's have in their tariffs that the DSL subscriber
> MUST have a working POTS line before they can be sold DSL.
>
> Tom Chandler
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Greco" <jgreco at ns.sol.net>
> To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 8:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] OT: DSL without voice
>
> > > A lot of people are going for the "VOIP only" approach, but SBC says
> > > you have to have an active analog voice circuit before they will sell
> > > you
>
> DSL.
>
> > > Does anybody know which DSL providers will sell you DSL without making
>
> you
>
> > > pay for a voice circuit?
> >
> > SDSL service is delivered on a dedicated circuit.  You should never need
>
> to
>
> > have an analog voice circuit before ordering SDSL.
> >
> > (So is, for that matter, HDSL, though that is frequently misrepresented
> > as "T1" service)
> >
> > There are also a small number of providers, like Speakeasy, who are now
> > offering ADSL-over-bare-copper services (I believe they call theirs
> > Onelink).
> >
> > There is really nothing prohibiting DSL providers from doing this - they
> > just end up paying Ma Bell for the entire cost of the copper, and that's
> > not really all that popular.
> >
> > Don't forget, you ought to have a conventional phone line for E911
> > purposes, including "what happens when a hurricane goes through and my
> > ISP becomes toast".  VoIP is a neat technology but it lacks the
> > resiliency of the traditional phone system.
> >
> > ... JG
> > --
> > Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
> > "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and]
>
> then I
>
> > won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail
>
> spam(CNN)
>
> > With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many
>
> apples.
>
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