[Asterisk-Users] OT: DSL without voice

[Tom Chandler]

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]
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> won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail
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> With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many
apples.
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