IP Technical question

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Roland Perry said:
>> As far as the ISP is concerned, they are receiving fees from N customers
>> and paying BT for N lines. Provided each customer only logs on once at a
>> time, who cares where they are?
> Won't it have an effect (albeit a small one if most of the portability 
> is accidental) on the predictions for congestion on the backhaul?

Yes, that's true. But it's likely to be down in the noise in practice.

>> As far as BT are concerned, they are being paid by someone for every 
>> ADSL line. So why should they care which ISP that line is currently 
>> connected to?
> If I have a high bandwidth consumer service and "unofficially port" it 
> to a different physical line, won't there be the potential for 
> complaints that the speed isn't what was expected?

Ditto. Especially since that unofficial port is probably in violation of
terms and conditions.

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