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Two Isp on the same access phone number

Feb 11, 2008 11:31AM PST

While searching Isp's I discovered that Copper.net and Netizen have the same access phone number

How does this work???

Thanks for the answer

Ray

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Simple, they're resellers. . .
Feb 12, 2008 9:29AM PST

They lease the facilities, including the telephone cable pairs from the phone company or in the case of the numbers, another provider, probably, again, from the phone company.

As I've always said, buy Internet service from the phone company. They own everything and lease to everyone else.

Think about this. Why would small ISP providers spend literally millions of dollars on infrastructure (routers, modems, cable facilities) when they can lease them from someone else? Who do you think owns ALL the DSL facilities? Where is it located? In the phone company central offices.

Wayne

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Why "Drink the Kool-Aid"?
Feb 20, 2008 11:36PM PST

Why would someone necessarily get their Dial Up service from the phone company? A lot more goes into the decision to buy service than knowing who owns the infrastructure. Technical support, contracts, price, plan options, etc... are more important to me personally.

If the phone company locks you into a contract or only has expensive service plans, why not go with a no-contract lower-cost company, even if that company is just leasing the resources? I don't see the advantage in buying from the phone companies in every case.

Chad