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Re: Got FTTN (VDSL2), can only get 12Mbps/896Kbps Sadly, Qwest's Twitter team appears to be useless. I was in contact with someone there via email and got the same "engineers won't provision 20M because of your line quality" line. That I understand - perhaps the line really can't handle 20M ADSL2+. But when I responded asking to switch to a VDSL2 circuit, I got no response - and that was days ago.
VDSL2 should not have a problem handling 20M. VDSL2 can do 24M at 5,000 ft. and I'm 4,530 ft. |
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| Don't give up. I was originally provisioned at 12M/896K with VDSL2. I contacted the QWEST twitter team and got in touch with someone who first told me the same thing. I explained my line stats and a conversation I had with a QWEST DSL tech who said my stats show 20M should be *easy*.
So he went back checked and confirmed 20M should be good but 5M up wasn't currently possible. He put in a WO to have me reprovisioned to 20M and it was completed the next morning. Has been running smooth as silk. Just hoping to get 5M up available in the not too distant future...(figure they need a nearer DSLAM, or whatever they are calling them now) |
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| said by FoCoMike:Don't give up. I was originally provisioned at 12M/896K with VDSL2. I contacted the QWEST twitter team and got in touch with someone who first told me the same thing. I explained my line stats and a conversation I had with a QWEST DSL tech who said my stats show 20M should be *easy*. So he went back checked and confirmed 20M should be good but 5M up wasn't currently possible. He put in a WO to have me reprovisioned to 20M and it was completed the next morning. Has been running smooth as silk. Just hoping to get 5M up available in the not too distant future...(figure they need a nearer DSLAM, or whatever they are calling them now) What were your stats (if you still have them)? Good idea though; I'm going to be looking around for a tech in the field and I'll ask. |
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| With the 12/896K service, I had SNR of 32dB down and 16dB up. The modem with VDSL2 doesn't show attenuation stats... |
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Minneapolis, MN | reply to eddieck
said by eddieck:VDSL2 should not have a problem handling 20M. VDSL2 can do 24M at 5,000 ft. and I'm 4,530 ft. Beyond about 4,000 ft, VDSL2 is pretty close to ADSL2+ in terms of speeds it can handle. Where VDSL2 really shines over ADSL2+ is around 3,000 feet or less.
When you see charts showing 24M at 5,000 ft, keep in mind that's typically a best case, hypothetical estimate assuming 19 gauge copper throughout- which in the real world you don't usually see. Start adding 24 and 26 gauge cable in the equation and the range drops. |
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