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Re: Broadband Subscriber Management
From: Curtis Maurand <cmaurand () xyonet com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:41:52 -0400
Good point. Oliver Eyre wrote:
Integration with the billing system is a big one, but remember that not everybody is in control of the DSLAM or whichever device connects to the access network and touches the end user directly. They may instead rely on a wholesale provider for that if they don't have the reach themselves.From: Larry Smith <lesmith () ecsis net> Sent: Thursday, 23 April 2009 2:07:42 AM To: nanog () nanog org CC: Subject: Re: Broadband Subscriber ManagementOn Wed April 22 2009 11:01, Curtis Maurand wrote:I don't understand why DSL providers don't just administratively down the port the customer is hooked to rather than using PPPoE which costsbandwidth and has huge management overhead when you have to disconnect acustomer. I made the same recommendation to the St. Maarten (Dutch) phone company several years ago. They weren't listening either. Thatway you can rate limit via ATM or by throttling the port administratively.Most likely because most RADIUS systems can be tied fairly easily directlyto the billing/payment system which enables and disables (adds/removes) the customer from radius for payment/non-payment and therefore does not require any "technical" support to turn on/off customers.
Current thread:
- Re: Broadband Subscriber Management, (continued)
- Re: Broadband Subscriber Management Larry Smith (Apr 22)
- Re: Broadband Subscriber Management Curtis Maurand (Apr 22)
- Re: Broadband Subscriber Management Larry Smith (Apr 22)
- Re: Broadband Subscriber Management Oliver Eyre (Apr 23)
- Re: Broadband Subscriber Management William McCall (Apr 23)
- Re: Broadband Subscriber Management Nathan Ward (Apr 23)
- RE: Broadband Subscriber Management Frank Bulk (Apr 23)
- Re: Broadband Subscriber Management Curtis Maurand (Apr 24)
- RE: Broadband Subscriber Management Frank Bulk (Apr 24)
- Re: Broadband Subscriber Management Bill Stewart (Apr 25)
- Re: Broadband Subscriber Management Larry Smith (Apr 22)
- Re: Broadband Subscriber Management Curtis Maurand (Apr 23)
- Re: Broadband Subscriber Management Steve Bertrand (Apr 23)
- Re: Broadband Subscriber Management Leigh Porter (Apr 23)
- Re: Broadband Subscriber Management Steve Bertrand (Apr 23)