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" <[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 -- Chad Whitten Network Administrator neXband Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] 601-944-4801 Phone 601-944-4803 Fax _______________________________________________ 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
