Re: [ILUG] Re: [OT] more DSL

From: kevin lyda (kevin+dated+1032170042.5e7df1 at domain ie.suberic.net)
Date: Wed 11 Sep 2002 - 10:54:06 IST


On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 09:34:37AM +0100, Karl Jeacle wrote:
> What you lose on bandwidth with PPPoE is completely dwarfed by what
> you lose at the underlying ATM layer, so this is the least good
> reason not to use PPPoE. The pros/cons of PPPoE are a whole other
> discussion, and this thread is already way off-topic!

why do they (they meaning any of the adsl/cable providers) use pppoe
anyway? it's always seemed like an odd concept since ppp was created
for serial lines, not ethernet.

kevin

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