[TriLUG] DSL opinions

[Reginald Reed]

I could be totally wrong here, but I believe that the "frame relay" is
the uplink from the central office or where ever the DSLAM sits.  Most
DSLAMs are connected via ATM or Ethernet to the providers backbone
network.  Frame Relay tops out at much lower speeds and because this,
DSL is throttled.

Are there any other providers in that CO?  Others may have faster
uplinks and access speeds.

--Reggie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-admin at trilug.org 
> [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Tanner Lovelace
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 11:33 AM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] DSL opinions
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 10:34, Gregory Woodbury wrote:
> 
> > I was using the Duke offering up until Apr 2000, and then switched 
> > over to Verizon.  At that poin they were offering "frame 
> relay" with 
> > pure DHCP (not PPPoE) which yeilds a mostly static IP.  
> I've only had 
> > two outages since, one for most of one day, and one for 
> about 2 hours 
> > (non-primetime).
> 
> What kind of speeds do you get with the "frame relay" setup? 
> I'm curious because even though I'm only 5548 feet from the 
> CO, Verizon says the CO only has frame relay service 
> available and because of that I can only get 768k/128k service.
> 
> Tanner
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