Would make more sense for them to just do IP over fiber directly than fiddling with their PPPoE implementation.
I have centurylink DSL with PPPoE and the thing that really bugs me is if your modem lost the PPPoE password, it can login with default credentials and ask for the passsword. CenturyLink clearly knows who I am without needing PPPoE authentication, so what do they get out of it?
My local provider requires PPPoE over fiber but accepts any password. It’s probably some legacy artefact that’s too complicated to remove from the stack.
I have centurylink DSL with PPPoE and the thing that really bugs me is if your modem lost the PPPoE password, it can login with default credentials and ask for the passsword. CenturyLink clearly knows who I am without needing PPPoE authentication, so what do they get out of it?