On Tuesday 02 November 2004 06:59 am, Robert Snyder wrote:
> steve szmidt wrote:
> >On Monday 01 November 2004 10:05 pm, Paul M Foster wrote:
> >>Folks:
> >>
> >>I'm preparing to move and to get Verizon DSL in Clearwater. (I have
> >>Verizon DSL in New Port Richey at present.) The deal they're selling now
> >>is that they'll give you a combination DSL modem with 802.11g wireless
> >>router (you can turn off the router part). I'm not fond of commercial
> >>routers because they're not as infinitely configurable as a Linux
> >>router. Moreover I'm completely creeped out by using wireless because of
> >>the security issues. Verizon DSL in Clearwater uses PPPOE.
> >
> >Verizon DSL in Clw is DHCP, I have both cable and DSL and can interchange
> >between them, so even if I had it wrong it would have shown up. Actually I
> >tried PPoE and it did not work.
>
> Steve DSL reports forums have had a couple of people in EX-GTE
> areas be assinged on PPPOE when everyone else is straight DHCP. So far
> there has only been two reports in texas about this. Both were similar
> to Pauls situation. Have verizion move to a different city and end up
> with PPPOE. It something verizon has been saying they would do which
> eventually have everyone on PPPOE. So if right now they just do new
> customers with PPPOE and then eventually convert other people over or
> the other thing i heard is that they were going to grandfather in
> people. They might put people on PPPOE that are lookingto get the
> 3mpbs/768 upgrade. A number of secenarios but a PPPOE in GTE land was
> something long rumored and has recently reared its head elsewhere.
Ah, OK. Though I only got my DSL two months ago.
--Steve Szmidt
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