[svlug] DSL provider (raw bandwidth <-> pacbell?)

[Derek J. Balling]

At 3:23 PM -0800 3/26/01, Ivan Passos wrote:
>On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote:
>>
>>  This is covered on their residential services page.  Though I've no idea
>>  what a PVC is.
>
>PVC = Permanent Virtual Circuit
>
>The term was probably borrowed from the Frame Relay jargon (although it's
>also used for other packet-switched networks, such as X.25). I've never
>heard it being used in DSL tho ...

It is, although most hardware abstracts it in such a manner that you 
don't need to worry about it.  PacBell, for example, uses PVC 0/35 
and 8/35 depending on where in the bay area you are.

D
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