[Gllug] BT, ADSL, and PPPOE/PPPOA

[Chris Bell]

On Mon 17 Feb, John Edwards wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 09:48:14PM +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
> > Hello,
> >    I am connected to my ISP via BT wires only ADSL. I understood that I was
> > obliged to use PPPOA, but I have been informed that my local exchange is
> > about to be upgraded to support PPPOE/PPPOA. Should I celebrate?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Chris Bell
> 
> Where did the information come from ?
> 
> PPPoA is PPP over ATM - BT's ADSL network uses ATM.
> PPPoE is PPP over Ethernet - which is used by cable companies 
> (NTL, etc).
> 
> It would be very strange that BT would switch away from ATM to 
> Ethernet, unless this is something to do with the Local Link 
> Unbundling or maybe the exchange is shared with a cable company ?
> 
   It is information from BT passed on by my ISP. I had heard that there was
work to be done at some time to increase the MTU to 1500, although that is
not mentioned in this case. Perhaps they are doing more than one thing at a
time? There are 67 exchanges in this list, and there is expected to be about
a 1 hour interruption from 0600-0700 on 20th Feb.


-- 
Chris Bell


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