RE: [Emerald] Emerald and ADSL-Connections/suspensions/tracking

Randy Martin ( IEAEmerald@austintx.net )
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:56:03 -0600

Well, it certainly need to! You guys at IEA need to put your thinking caps
on. Every ISP is eventually going to need to support xDSL.

At 05:43 PM 2/29/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Lasy time I asked Emerald does not support DSL.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: emerald-request@iea-software.com
>[mailto:emerald-request@iea-software.com]On Behalf Of Andrew Stinson
>Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 5:14 PM
>To: IEA Software
>Subject: [Emerald] Emerald and ADSL-Connections/suspensions/tracking
>
>
>ADSL is being released in our area the 15th, and we're trying to figure out
>how Emerald plays into it besides for e-mail and billing. Is there any
>aspect of ADSL connection/suspension that emerald can handle? We have a
>Cisco 7206 which handles the ATMs and T-1s. How is everyone else handling
>ADSL? We know it doesn't authenticate, so how do you disconnect a user for
>not paying (besides going into the router itself)? How about keeping track
>of who has what VPI-VCI (or who's online currently, traffic being passed,
>etc. We aren't billing by bandwidth, so tracking for that is only for
>internal maintenance/planning)? We thought about creating a database to
>handle the distribution of this information, but if Emerald has anything
>that can help keep track of it, let us know. I think there's really nothing
>Emerald can do with it(nothing we've seen, anyway) so, if that's the case,
>has anyone found any resources (software, sites, etc.) that can help us out.
>
>We'd appreciate any help anyone can offer.
>
>Thanks
>Andrew Stinson
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>Andrew Stinson Apex 2000 Internet Services Corp.
>astinson@apex2000.net www.Apex2000.net
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