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4 edits | DSL is an interim technology Unfortunately, DSL is an interim technology. You simply can't send large amounts of data over long pieces of copper.
That said, I still have 6000/768 dry line DSL from AT&T.
I'm one mile from the C.O. and had to jump through hoops to make it stable (new wire to Network Interface, soldered all connections, new DSL modem, switched to interleaved profile).
Where DSL excels is in an instance such as U-Verse, where fiber feeds the neighborhood and copper each house within it. You can use copper for a 'big pipe' to distances of about 3300 feet (2/3 mile). That way you don't have to do major installs at each house-the most expensive aspect of FIOS and other FTTH schemes. You also get to put all your batteries in one place, since copper can power the voice telephone and DSL modem located inside the home. |
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 djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·VOIPo
·PHONE POWER
| 3300 feet? That's pretty close to U-verse's limit for 19mbps VDSL. That's a pretty small pipe if you're trying to get HD video into a home.
I think AT&T's VDSL strategy is a good one, but they should have targeted 2000' and 50mbps per home. That would have given them so much more wiggle room to increase the HD quality, offer faster broadband, and more incoming streams.
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join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | I agree. Hopefully they can squeeze a little more out with pair bonding, rather than higher compression.
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 jt1
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in most state is only fiber to the node not to the home. here in california we are still restrict by how many feet away you live. my friend got uverse tv and hsi service. he canceled it with in a week. when his tv were on he would only get 1 mb. plus he has three hd tv witch he cant watch at one time. and yes they all get used. |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
kudos:1 Reviews:
·Verizon Wireless..
·RoadRunner Cable
·AT&T U-Verse
·VOIPo
·PHONE POWER
1 edit | If he was only getting 1mb internet while watching TV, something else was wrong. That's not how U-verse works. I can be recording 2 HD shows and 2 SD shows, and still get full 10mb internet.
Your friend's example of having 3 HDTVs is exactly why I feel AT&T missed the mark in their bandwidth estimates. Thanks to better compression, they're up to 2 HD streams now. That's made the product much better, but it really ought to be 4 for bigger households. It will be better still with the THDVR that's rolling out now. You'll be able to watch HD recordings on any TV, which can drastically decrease the need for an available live TV tuner.
We use U-verse because of the very generous new customer incentives and good HD channel selection. The technological limitations AT&T has stuck themselves with has left them competing on price.
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