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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > ----------------------------------------------- > Scanned by Bayou Internet for all known viruses. > http://www.bayou.com > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
