----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Elwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [scottish] BT homehighway and isdn adapter
> [snip] > > * This all gets confusing as "surftime" is also a payment to BT to allow > non-billing of calls to G4 and G5 (depending on how much you pay) chargable > numbers. you're confusing "SurfTime" the billing package with "SurfPort" the notmodems that BT install at exchanges to groom traffic onto their Colossus IP network. There are also "WebPort" modems which do a similar thing, but IIRC don't require authentication a la BT Click, and cost less to the ISP. > This is how demon (thus) work - they actually carry the _call_ via their > own interconnects to their ascend / cisco boxes. They just happen to > charge calls as per G4 / G5 bands. yep, well they groom the IP traffic off the BT PSTN network as early as possible (up here that's somewhere in Edinburgh IIRC, possibly South Gyle), and onto Thus' own IP backbone. This kind of thing insulates them from SurfPort problems which can affect a myriad of ISPs in one fell swoop. > news:uk.telecom and news:alt.internet.providers.uk ... also news:demon.service provides interesting nuggets from time to time, inbetween the thus bitching :) -- _ __/| ___ ___ __ _________ "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned \`O_o' / _ \/ -_) // / __/ _ \ for Sega." -- Brodie, 'Mallrats' =(_ _)=/_//_/\__/\_,_/_/ \___/ @ well.com :: William Anderson U - Ack! Phttpt! Thhbbt! http://neuro.wasters.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
