[Ilugc] VSNL 512kbps service
- From: siva@xxxxxxxxxxx (Sivasankar Chander)
- Date: Sat Sep 18 18:43:58 2004
Some confusion here. VSNL / Tata Indicom is now what Dishnet DSL has been
rebranded to, and they've been offering 512K ADSL for quite some time at
vastly inflated rates - these are starting to come down though.
Ah, so this is just the old Dishnet DSL service. The prices are far
more competitive now, though.
That uses PPPoA (PPP over ATM) rather than PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet).
PPPoE is much easier to support on linux but for PPPoA you'd need a usb
modem or a router type device.
Aargh, I'd prefer a nice, clean Ethernet interface with PPPoE, which would
allow me to use my own Linux NAT/firewall/router box.
VSNL also was, and is, offering their DIAS service, which I think uses
CorDECT from Prof Jhunjunuwala / TENET at IITM, which basically sounds
like a cut down version of ISDN the last time I checked.
No, it's BSNL which offers DIAS. It doesn't use CorDECT (which is a
wireless/cellular standard), but rather a wired connection similar to
ISDN. That's what I'm using now, and it's fine, but limited to 128 kbps.
-Siva
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