[plug] [OT] Dedicated local loop (naked ADSL)

[hooker at iinet.net.au]

Quoting Martin <marty at supine.com>:
> $quoted_author = "Chris Caston" ;
> > 
> > Of course iiNet wants you to sign up for iiPhone and pay the line rental
> > to them instead. At least with a POTS line they can control under
> > contract which provider you are with. Ie if you want to opened up
> > ADSL/ADSL2 speeds you must be with them for local and long distance on
> > the POTS line. If however you are making all your calls over your
> > internet connection it would be very difficult for them to police which
> > VOIP provider you went with.
> 
> if they are paying for the ULL then they _can_ do ADSL only.
> 
> this may be a different from what they _are_ doing. :)

iiNet don't have a ULL agreement with Telstra. ATM, Telstra still own the phone 
line.

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