time for the annual Internet Speed Quest

Lloyd Kvam python at venix.com
Thu Jul 10 08:28:41 EDT 2014


On Wed, 2014-07-09 at 20:08 -0400, Ben Scott wrote:
>   Which was fine, until DSL came along.  DSL works by putting
> equipment in the CO and connecting that to the existing loops.  The
> DSL equipment overlays a digital signal onto analog phone service.
> That doesn't work when there's no local loop connection in the CO.

Just to expand on that a little bit.  Verizon refused to put DSL
equipment in the RT (Remote Terminal -- I've also heard them called
SLIC: Subscriber Line Interface Cabinet).  

FairPoint will serve DSL from the RT.  That's how I'm getting my
service.  I'm too far from the CO, but the RT is only 100 yards or so
down the road.

Comcast would provide more bandwidth, but they were harder for me to
deal with, and the DSL is good enough.

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Lloyd Kvam
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Lebanon, NH 03766
802-448-0836




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