Ask the Telco, Not the Manufacturers on how they will deploy xDSL.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mitchell B. Wagers <mwagers@ocsnet.net>
To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com <ntisp@emerald.iea.com>
Date: January 28, 1998 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: ADSL
>To make things short...both parties are right here, you CAN produce longer
>distances through signal modifiers at certain locations, but copies of
>copies are always less quality than the original.
>You have to look at the physical side of things...which, most importantly,
>is copper wire, not stranded copper wire. If you have stranded wire in
>your home or business, then you must have some enormous monetary resources.
> You also have to take into account the Fiber/Sonet side of things between
>differing Telco's and how effectively they implement Sonet rings, which,
>I'm sorry to say, is pitiful for the most part.
>I know this is less than informative, but I'm not about to hit low-level
>detail on a mailing list, it's just not the thing to do. But, this should
>make some of you look at what you are implementing! As I said before, ADSL
>will die out or at least fizzle to a close end.
>
>Regards,
>Mitch Wagers
>
>At 09:46 PM 1/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>I just went to ComNet today and spoke with several manufacturers marketing
>>their ADSL solutions, and everyone without fail insisted that the distance
>>limitations were from the host equipment to the end user equipment. I
asked
>>them each specifically if the distance was calculated from each site to
the
>>CO, with the distance between COs ignored and they said absolutely not!
>>They said that the circuit was like a dry loop circuit with the copper
pairs
>>going from point A to point B un-interrupted.
>>
>>That's not what we have been hearing here in other posts, and I don't
claim
>>to know myself, that's just was the boys in the suits are saying here in
DC.
>>
>>The longest demonstration I saw today was 20K feet, and the connection was
>>under 128K in both directions. So if what they are saying is correct, and
>>you can't connect a customer 20 miles away (using the 5000ft to CO, and
>>8000ft to CO, with no penalty from CO to CO method) then I don't see how
>>ADSL is going to be a feasible solution outside of the densely populated
>>metropolitan areas. If it will work like that, and the sales boys don't
>>know what they're talking about (I know, I know) then we'd all better
start
>>looking for the solution we're going to implement!
>>
>>Mike Davis
>>DCS Online
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Michael R. Conder <mconder@xts.net>
>>To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com <ntisp@emerald.iea.com>
>>Date: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 1:23 AM
>>Subject: Re: ADSL
>>
>>
>>>> A lot of news is out about ADSL. How do other ISPs feel about ADSL?
Are
>>>> the small independent ISPs going to be able to play a part in ADSL?
With
>>>> ADSL and cable modems are the small ISPs going out of business and a
>>>> monopoly will emerge?
>>>>
>>>> Comments welcomed....
>>>>
>>>> Marvin Anglin
>>>> manglin@atlonline.com
>>>> Atlanta On-Line InterNet, Inc.
>>>> 770-955-3000
>>
>>
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