Anyone here use Verizon DSL?

Bear in SFO BearSFO at PacBell.NET
Wed Oct 2 23:57:50 EDT 2002


 From the way it looks, yes it would be PPPOE and you will need their 
software to 'dial' to their server.  I suggest investing on a router, 
unless there is a way to dial with linux...

At 09:00 AM 10/2/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Howdy,
>
>OK, this is way, way off topic.
>But I'm getting DSL through Verizon in a few days, and their Web site
>is supremely uninformative.
>
>Do they use PPPoE?
>
>They say their self-install kit comes with "DSL software". WTF is
>that? Is that just the standard Verizon-branded MSIE and so forth, or
>do I actually have to configure the DSL modem under Windows or
>something?
>
>I've even looked on the site for DSL modem docs...and didn't find
>any. Just the usual blah blah hype about how easy and fast and
>wonderful it all is.
>
>TNX,
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