| Who's pair is it? It is techically possible for the ILEC to connect a customer's cable pair to the CLEC's voice switch and a DSLAM owned by the ILEC. However, it will not happen under the current federal regulatory strucure.
The CLEC's lease a 'dry pair' from the ILEC. The CLEC is free to plug this dry pair into their equipment, which resides in a cage within the CO. The CLEC consequently leases a trunk(s) that connect that they use to connect that dry pair to the public switched telephone network, ISP, or whatever.
Besides, imagine how confusing it would be if the end user had problems. Both the DSL provider and voice provider would point their fingers each at each other. Let's say you have static on the line. The phone company would say they only are supplying the data portion and that they do not support dial tone. "call your CLEC if the voice section doesn't work" you would be told. The CLEC would say, "call the phone company and tell them to explain how to plug in your microfilters." Both could say, "it has to be your inside wiring," knowing that the end user is responsible for the inside wiring. |
