[clug] Trump Telstra once and for all
Andrew Goodall
andrew at fumpet.net
Mon Oct 9 07:34:32 GMT 2006
In my experience, TransACT are notoriously inflexible and difficult
to deal with. Recently, I attempted to throw more money at them by
upgrading my TransTV (video) package (virtually no cost to them) and
they refused unless I signed another 12 month contract. No thanks. My
contract is about up so I'm ditching TransACT for ADSL2+ (faster) and
Foxtel (better and more content). I'll be enjoying far better value
for money, too.
Back OT, there is no technical reason why TransACT can't provide L2
(specifically L2TP which is what most of the rest of the world is
doing) for wholesale partners.
TransACT insists on terminating PPP sessions on their own
infrastructure, whereas most ISPs (and it seems that Internode) wish
to interconnect with 'the standard' L2TP, from TransACT's LAC to the
ISP's LNS. This provides far better functionality/control for the ISP
in many respects, and actually reduces administrative strain and
licensing costs for TransACT. So why indeed wouldn't TransACT offer it?
I know of at least one Canberra ISP offering services on TransACT
that has been asking for L2TP for five years now. It seems that the
national players can't be bothered with these antics and simply
provide DSL the same way they do everywhere in the country.
TransACT are not attempting to protect their TransTV investment with
this strategy; its more likely the result of one engineer who wants
things done his way. Broadcast and on-demand video content are
delivered via a parallel (and proprietary) network so don't touch any
of the wholesale IP infrastructure, anyway.
On 09/10/2006, at 10:11 AM, Paul Wayper wrote:
I understand the difference between layers 2 and 3 here, but I'm curious
as to why the two are incompatible? Would Internode using layer 2 to do
connections interfere with TransACT offering its services over layer 3?
Not AFAICS. So why would TransACT stick to offering only layer 3 to
wholesalers, unless it was trying to protect its investments in TransTV
and whatever other multicast services it offers?
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