On Mon, 2012-01-02 at 16:27 -0500, [email protected] wrote: > Hello Hroðgard Skjöldung! > > From the quote below (taken from Colba's website): > > "..Over the last four years, ColbaNet has installed its own equipment in > nine Bell central offices on the island of Montreal. This project is > being conducted according to the CRTC’s competition policies and > principles. Thanks to its installations, ColbaNet is able to offer a > unique service: Unlimited residential ADSL2+ internet access without > throttling for as little as $20 per month..." > > Does this mean they are independent? Are they the only ISP with the > capability to assign IP addresses without the control of the Big Three? > Sustain >
No. No provider is independent, unless you buy from someone who owns their own lines (Bell, Videotron, Rogers maybe). Colba simply co-lo's it's gear in Bell central offices or in carrier hotels around the city. IP addresses have nothing to do with it. Often the DSL traffic is backhauled to the providers network (via ATM or something) and hits the net from there. To the end user, you appear to be a client of your ISP. You get an IP from their range (if the provider does this), you're routed through their connections/IX agreements/etc. And like I said, IME people either get good service from Colba, or totally crap service. YMMV. ~k > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012, at 04:17 PM, Hroðgard Skjöldung wrote: > > Hej, > > I am not a client however, http://www.colba.net has a handful of > > connections. I am not sure if they are outside of the oligopoly that > > canada has, but they have better connections that other (most) > > providers in quebec. > > > > Gleðilegt nýtt ár! Godt Nyt År! > > hro > _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
