patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
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1 edit | reply to tschmidt
Re: haha said by tschmidt:Pair bonding assumes outside plant has multiple pairs per customer. If it doesn't then AT&T will need to add more copper or build out fiber. I am no expert but I assume existing telephone outside plant was not built to provide 2 or 3 pairs per customer. Seems like an expensive stop gap measure to me. /tom Remember alot of customers are switching to Cable VOIP or VOIP over cable internet. Alot of people are/have cancelled their dialup modem line or their fax line or their landline (cell household). Thats alot of freed up pairs. On poles, I've seen 125 pairs feeding 50 houses. Even assuming dead pairs, thats still 2 per house, and not all houses use 2 or even 1.
Edit: When Ma Bell installed the Feeders, it did so with the idea that they will be able to sell a pair for the slightest reason. Want an alarm? thats another line. Want an emergency help pendent? thats another line. Want an intercom in your house? thats stations*lines. Want a videophone? thats 10 lines or more for analog video over POTS. Want stock prices at your home? thats another line. Want an alarm when someone is breaking into your business? thats another line (remember all equipment attached to the network was owned by Ma Bell, the idea of a private company connecting their alarm system to Ma Bell without a business/marketing agreement was unheard of, so a call center couldn't call you on your house line, since it would violate the tariff the alarm company signed with Ma Bell). Regarding businesses, anyone remember Centrex? No PBX for you, each phone in the office, plus all of its lines, is backhauled to the CO to emulate a PBX. 600 pair trunk to a 40000 sq ft office building. Thats 1 pair for every 66 sq ft, or a 8x8 ft area, hallway, bathroom, break room, file room, waiting room, lobby, included. Thats a whole lot of phone lines being used. |
