[181630] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Thoughts On Cheap Chinese xDSL Testers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Hamelin)
Mon Jun 29 22:34:21 2015
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From: Joe Hamelin <joe@nethead.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:31:58 -0700
To: Robert Glover <robertg@garlic.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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The Westel A90-750045-07 Frontier branded DSL router has some amazing DSL
status screens if you dig in the menu deep enough. I always kept one in
the truck when I was doing some service work. Check the local
Goodwill/Value Village.
--
Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Robert Glover <robertg@garlic.com> wrote:
> The local ILEC (Verizon) use Colt 250+. They are pretty cool. They do
> not do layer 3 like the meter you referenced.
> I'm actually looking for a cost-effective meter that does ADSL+ / VDSL2 /
> e.SHDSL. it's easy to find one that does the first two, but not all thre=
e.
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>
> Date: 06/29/2015 5:50 PM (GMT-08:00)
> To: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
> Subject: Thoughts On Cheap Chinese xDSL Testers
>
> I've been poking around looking for an inexpensive xDSL circuit tester to
> do some measurements on my home DSL line, in opposition to the telco. $2K=
+
> is not in the budget, so I'm curious about the accuracy of the $300 Chine=
se
> units kicking around eBay (e.g. the ST332B). Anyone out there have
> experience with them? Are they even remotely close to accurate?
>
> --lyndon
>
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>
