Wholesale DSL implementation in Canada

Mon Dec 13 15:10:39 UTC 2010

We're looking at implementing a DSL private network in various provinces in Canada.  There seems to be two main ways to do this: build the network yourself by creating relationships with the local DSL providers (Bell, Telus, MTS, etc) ; or build the network using a third-party that already has a DSL infrastructure in place.  The third-party DSL infrastructure is a sure thing, since they've been doing it for a while.  However, we're looking at a large number of locations so the cost of implementing the DSL internally seems to be more compelling.

Not having implemented a DSL infrastructure before, I'm wondering if anyone on NANOG has any advice on this?  What technical or political issues might we run into?  What is the best choice of hardware? (Juniper or Cisco)?  Feel free to contact me off-list if you'd prefer.

James 		 	   		  