steve wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 07:13:08AM -0400, Digital Wokan wrote: > > I thought PPPOE was for DSL. Why would cable kill itself with this? > > And do cable systems continue working without having PPPOE installed? > > (So far, Cox@Home hasn't switched to using such a system. Thank > > whatever diety as appropriate.) > > FWIU, it's all about revenue. With PPOE they can cram more users on their > pipes as everyone is not on 24/7 and...in Canada anyways, the offical > reason is because legislation require them to open the pipes to > competitors. Using PPOE type of sofware the cable company then can > determine which user is theirs or a resellers. Thanks for this. > PPOE actually was developed in Canada by Bell Sympatico for use with > their high speed ADSL, they must have made in Open Source because it was > since about 2 years ago, it has been provided by them for download by > anybody who wished to do so. Actually, the version of PPOE supplied by my ISP was a RedHat 5.2 rpm binary!! I found the source that compiled without incident under MDK 8.0. > > > >Bill Thompson wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Friday, technicians will be at my home to do a cable modem > > > installation. The software provided is ppoe from Network > <snip> > > -- > Steve - Toronto ICQ 35454764 > ---------------------------- > /~\ > 'If you're not a rebel when you're 20 you've got no heart; if \ / > you're not establishment when you're 30 you've got no brain. X > Join the ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML email / \ Bill -- "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (When all else fails, play dead!)
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