Re: DSL (was shopping for NOCs)

["Julian Eccli" <jeccli () ubnetworks net>]

> Doesn't this have more to do with the philosophy of the company
> providing service than the technology being deployed (DSL)?
> Maybe the problem is that DSL tends to involve LEC people who are
> infected with the obsolete lazy-monopoly attitude of the incumbents.

Hey!  I used to work for a LEC in the Frozen East!

I take absolutely no offense to the above comment :-) !



Regards,

Julian
> In any case, are there unique operational challenges posed by DSL that
> are causing some of these problems? Is there anything we can do as a
> community to address them (or encourage the people who need to address
> them, to do so)?
>
> Maybe this discussion could evolve into something a little more useful
> than "my DSL provider sucks"..."me too", since there seems to be a lot
> of interest (or at least a lot of unhappy voices)..