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Date:      Thu, 27 Apr 2017 18:49:47 +0100
From:      Bruce Simpson <bms@fastmail.net>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r317383 - in head: . etc/mtree include lib/libc/net rescue/rescue sbin sbin/atm sbin/atm/atmconfig share/man/man4 sys/boot/forth sys/conf sys/dev/en sys/dev/fatm sys/dev/hatm sys/dev/pa...
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References:  <201704242121.v3OLLoR2082346@repo.freebsd.org> <694497a7-39cd-a648-7e2e-4a6b5f51955e@fastmail.net>

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On 27/04/17 18:44, Bruce Simpson wrote:
> Hopefully, with packet mode DSL, none of this should be needed again.
> 

JFYI I'm referring to ye olde Packet Transfer Mode (PTM) DSL, TR-009...
which dispenses with the need for ATM framing on DSL circuits.

Some US ISPs have been observed doing this in the wild. DSL isn't going
away any time soon, though -- many of us still use it as a backup
circuit for other things (vs Metro Ethernet, G.FAST, DOCSIS etc.)



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