I believe they are using SBC and Verizon's dslams and just have an ATM cloud that touches their routers. Still, I see better throughput from them than I did from SBC. When I had my own RLAN (private DSL network on SBC dslams) I actually got great bandwidth.
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 10:36 AM, <chaim.rie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Actually the resell sbc primarily. > > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Matthew Black" <bl...@csulb.edu> > > Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:31:42 > To: Etaoin Shrdlu<shr...@deaddrop.org>; <nanog@nanog.org> > Subject: Re: What to do when your ISP off-shores tech support > > > On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:10:33 -0800 > Etaoin Shrdlu <shr...@deaddrop.org> wrote: >> Matthew Black wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:51:41 -0800 >>> "Tomas L. Byrnes" <t...@byrneit.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Cox Communications has fully on-shore support. Here in SD they are >>>> actually LOCAL. >> >>> In Verizon land, residential customers do not have >>> CLEC voice or DSL alternatives. We do not have Cox. >>> Our area is served by Charter Communications who has >>> the broadband cable monopoly. Verizon has the fiber >>> monopoly with their FIOS. AT&T fiber is not possible >>> in Verizon land. Nobody competes against Verizon for >>> residential service in Southern California. >> >> Sir, both COVAD and DSLExtreme beg to differ. Seriously. I just checked. >> >> -- >> The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes. >> >> Thomas Malthus > > > Going through COVAD's interactive DSL chooser, > there are no options for RESIDENTIAL service. > > <http://covad.com/web/index.html> > > > DSLextreme is charging a higher price than Verizon > and I suspect they are simply reselling Verizon's > DSL rather than connecting my copper to their > network. That's hardly what I consider CLEC service. > I could be wrong and would switch if I could. But I > don't see them offering voice and that's why I conclude > they are reselling Verizon's DSL service. > > matthew black > california state university, long beach > >
