At Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:49:26 -0500 Matthew Crocker <matthew at crocker.com> wrote: > > ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. > ** You too can help the group > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > >> > > You should be aware: Crocker has to 'rent' the copper connected to > > your > > house from the local telephone monopoly, which is Verizon. So even > > though you are using Crocker's DSL, the wires connecting to your house > > are owned by Verizon. > > > > While that is true, we do wholesale our DSL from Verizon. Verizon > owns the copper to your house and the DSLAM in the CO. They aggregate > our customers onto our ATM circuit in Springfield. We terminate the > PPPoE sessions and provide IP address & bandwidth on our equipment in > Springfield. I'll never own copper on the street, it doesn't make > sense for anyone financially to replicate what Verizon has built. Technically, 'Verizon' has built very little of the existing copper. They *inherieted* from Bell Atlantic, who inherieted it from Nynex, who inherieted it from NET&T, who got it from AT&T when 'Ma Bell' was broken up. > That is why Verizon has a natural monopoly and also why they are > regulated and forced to provide competitive access to their network > with The Telecommunications Act of 1996. It is not really a 'natural' monopoly. It was created by federal law back in the early 1900's. Back then there were *many* telephone companies, each with its own 'network' and without any interconnections. > > I'm a CLEC, I have equipment inside the Verizon COs. I'm starting > to deploy my own DSLAMs. > > If everyone in Western MA that uses Verizon Online switched to Crocker > DSL we would be able to start running fiber on the polls. I would > also be a very busy man :) > > For the hidden geek in all of us: > > Currently we have a DS-3 ATM circuit to Verizon (45mbps) which is > getting pretty full during prime time (M-F 10a-4p). The DS-3 > connects to a Redback SMS 1800 router > > I have a shiny new Redback SE-400 in Springfield and an OC-3 on order > with Verizon (155mbps). By the end of February I should have > everything cross connected and switched over. > > As far as Residential VoIP goes, I have everything in place except a > good DSL modem + VoIP ATA. I have a couple in the mail and if it > works I'll be able to roll out ResiDSL + ResiVoIP by summer time. You > would use a normal phone, we would install the modem in your house. > It comes with a battery so your phone will continue to work if you > lose power. > > BTW, I need to hire a unix geek, If you live, eat and breath RHEL > & Solaris send me an e-mail. > > -Matt > > -- > Matthew S. Crocker > President > Crocker Communications, Inc. > PO BOX 710 > Greenfield, MA 01302-0710 > > E: matthew at crocker.com > P: (413) 746-2760 > F: (413) 746-3704 > W: http://www.crocker.com > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > -- Robert Heller -- Get the Deepwoods Software FireFox Toolbar! Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database heller at deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk