Re: Broadband Subscriber Management

[Curtis Maurand <cmaurand () xyonet com>]

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 Management
> > On 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 costs
> > > bandwidth and has huge management overhead when you have to 
> > > disconnect a
> > > customer.  I made the same recommendation to the St. Maarten (Dutch)
> > > phone company several years ago.  They weren't listening either.   That
> > > way you can rate limit via ATM or by throttling the port 
> > > administratively.
> > >     
> >
> > Most likely because most RADIUS systems can be tied fairly easily 
> > directly
> > to 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.
> >
> >