Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 21:05:19 -0500 From: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com> To: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT - ADSL standards question Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20010908205818.02de4358@mail.Go2France.com> In-Reply-To: <01K84QFEJ7C0001J83@internode.on.net>
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>Is there a place on the net that has details on standards that relate to >the distance that you can be froma the telephone exchange to get ADSL? http://www.paradyne.com/sourcebook_offer/ ... is an excellent reference for xDSL. >I've seen it mentioned here that that distance is 18,000 feet (which is >equal to 6 kilometres). A friend's company is trying to get an ADSL >and they are 5.4kms from the exchange. 18,000 feet is wire feet, not bird flight. The longer the wire, the lower the throughput as the signal poops out. >Every Australian's favourite >phone compnay, Telstra, is saying the maximum distances is 4.2kms so ADSL >is a no go > (though rumour has it that they are using French made equipment >that's not really upto scratch) Alacatel is the big French equipment mfr. Their ADSL modems work pretty well, for 100īs of 1000īs users. Len http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND 8.2.4 for NT4 & W2K http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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