On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 13:15:40 -0800 
 greywolf@starwolf.com (Not for internal consumption) wrote:

 > Can I ask what the point of ppp-over-ethernet or ppp-over-IP would be?

PPPoE is being pushed by DSL equipment vendors, due to customer (ISP)
demand for session-oriented connections over DSL (which essentially
bridges Ethernet to the customer).

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>