[179684] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ADSL Line Extenders
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Coker, Steve - DIA)
Wed Apr 29 09:12:02 2015
X-Original-To: Nanog@nanog.org
From: "Coker, Steve - DIA" <Steve.Coker@flydenver.com>
To: Scott Helms <khelms@zcorum.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:20:52 +0000
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Cc: NANOG <Nanog@nanog.org>
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You can get adtran 1248b's that run ADSL 2+ for less than 2k still. Then ge=
t Cisco 887s as end points. That's what I run. 8 meg at 3 miles or so.=20
I am not sure if they make a VDSL or not, but would check them out.
Steve
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> On Apr 29, 2015, at 7:11 AM, Scott Helms <khelms@zcorum.com> wrote:
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> They're certainly real, still in use, and deployed world wide but most
> commonly in rural areas. They aren't particularly cost effective for mos=
t
> scenarios, but cheaper than hanging even a mini-DSLAM to service 1-2
> customers that are too far away from a cabinet. Installing them is a pai=
n
> and keeping them running long term is an even bigger pain. Certain model=
s
> don't work well with specific DSLAMs and/or in specific plant combination=
s
> so testing with your DSLAMs, modems, and in your plant is a must.
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> Scott Helms
> Vice President of Technology
> ZCorum
> (678) 507-5000
> --------------------------------
> http://twitter.com/kscotthelms
> --------------------------------
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> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Jean-Francois Mezei <
> jfmezei_nanog@vaxination.ca> wrote:
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>>=20
>> A friend on a rural DSl association asked about ADSL line extenders.
>>=20
>> A search on Google yields many products dating back to the days of
>> ADSL-1 advertising 1mbps profiles, but a few seem more recent and
>> support ADSL2+ (not sure if any support VDSL2).
>>=20
>> Are these thing out of date and no longer deployed ? Were they ever
>> effective, or just vapourware that didn't really improve things ?
>>=20
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>> Do any Telcos still deploy them ? Anyone know of deployments in Canada =
?
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>> I just need a reality check on those devices.
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>> jf
>>=20
