PacBell Accused of Monopoly by ISPs → Re: Geez....Get grip everybody

said by DURNDSL:

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If a customer switches providers it does take time to remove the customer from one ISPs DSLAM and RELOCATE it PHYSICALLY on another's DSLAM

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This in just my humble opinion, with some fact interspersed to attempt to persuade others to see and accept my opinion as their own fact....lol

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Unfortunately, you don't have correct facts interspersed. We're talking about ISPs selling service on PacBell's DSL lines here. This means that switching from one ISP to the other does not involve any physical switch of anything. Its purely a software switch (changing the PVC from one tail circuit to another), nothing more.

Jeff

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does not involve any physical switch of anything. Its purely a software switch (changing the PVC from one tail circuit to another), nothing more.

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Yeah, that's it. It's as simple as pie. I think it only takes three keystrokes?[/sarcasm]

And let's throw all those PUC/FCC rules & regulations for Dummies books in the dumpster out back! Oh, and billing? Who cares about billing. The customer will eventually figure out who owes who.

said by death2allDLECs:

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Yeah, that's it. It's as simple as pie. I think it only takes three keystrokes?

And let's throw all those PUC/FCC rules & regulations for Dummies books in the dumpster out back! Oh, and billing? Who cares about billing. The customer will eventually figure out who owes who.

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And covad can do this in less than 24 hours because...???

While their management team has their heads squarely planted in their be-hinds, the tech and OSS folks are ahead of the game. True, they don't yet electrocute Verizon techs as they try to yank pairs, but perhaps that's on it's way...

All you're reminding me of is that RBOCs are often times backwards and vaguely retarded when it comes to automating things in any sane manner.