[Hudlug] cheap adsl router

Tim Bray hudlug at mailman.lug.org.uk
Mon Mar 31 23:01:00 2003


Charles Blackburn wrote:
> 
> well pppoe is mainly cable modems i've noticed and normal adsl they use
> pppoa. I dunno why, cus pppoe is easier to implement iirc. oh well,
> that's typical of isp's tho.

I've been told today that PPPoE has a higher overhead over BT's network.

Even so, there are some trials of PPPoE at the moment by BT wholesale.


Tim