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postie900
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« on: May 29, 2011, 04:06:55 pm »
Why is kc ppoa vs ppoe?

Any simple answers ?

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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2011, 04:14:29 pm »
PPPoA uses ATM encapsulation,which has lower overhead than ethernet because most of these isp's use still use ATM bbones,which might be basically the reason u might get a bit more speed (although not substantial).
PPPoE is in reality is PPPoEoA ,so additional overhead.
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