 dslwanterIt's comingPremium
join:2002-12-16
Niles, OH
 ·AT&T Midwest
| DSL service "$3.9 million grant to a unit of TDS Telecommunications to extend DSL service in Missouri"
Why in the hell are you going to pump money into DSL for a rural area? DSL is a distance factored technology. In a rural location, you're likely to have 10 houses on the 3 mile stretch of an ADSL signal. Let alone the fact that some farm houses are a good .25-.5 of a mile (if not more) off the road anyway. FTTH or WiMax is the way to go.
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 Duramax08A Challenger AppearsPremium
join:2008-08-03
San Antonio, TX
 ·Millenicom
·Cricket Broadband
·Juno Express
·Clearwire Wireless
| FTTH going to cost a arm and a leg and wimax only goes like 3-4 miles top. Copper is almost everywhere and they just need to put extends that can extend the signal further which is pretty cheap. let the milking begin.
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA
1 edit | reply to dslwanter
Duramax08, it's probably for a small town(s) that doesn't have DSL and / or for remote terminals. Sounds like a mid-term investment so I do agree with you that fiber would be better long term. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | reply to Duramax08
said by Duramax08:FTTH going to cost a arm and a leg and wimax only goes like 3-4 miles top. Copper is almost everywhere and they just need to put extends that can extend the signal further which is pretty cheap. POTS copper is nearly obsolete and loses capacity quickly beyond a half mile. In rural areas things like remote central offices or terminals and pair bonding aren't cheap. A single fiber optic line can extend 12 miles at full capacity before it needs an active repeater. As for WiMax if you don't mind disappointing speeds it can work up to 30 miles or with an outdoor directional antenna with a clear line of sight to a tower that 3-4 miles you speak of can be doubled. |
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dslwanterIt's comingPremium
join:2002-12-16
Niles, OH Reviews:
·AT&T Midwest
1 edit | I'm speaking from experience here. I live in a rural community and we had a cable company purchase our old out-dated cable system. In order to upgrade our system, it was cheaper for them to provide FTTH rather than trying to build a HFC network and have to use so many amps. If you're going to build a new infrastructure, I don't think they're looking for a "mid-term" investment.
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Duramax08A Challenger AppearsPremium
join:2008-08-03
San Antonio, TX Reviews:
·Millenicom
·Cricket Broadband
·Juno Express
·Clearwire Wireless
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FTTH would be great but not that many people do offer it but if they want to invest into FTTH, go ahead, that would be awesome. DSL is a dying technology but you can think of it as a upgrade from dial up but within 5 years its going to be out of date (which it already is). Wimax is awesome but with the modems they offer with clear (the only wimax provider that I know of), You have to be within a 3 mile radius for a decent signal. If they offered a modem with a external antenna port, that would help out alot. being 3.47 miles from the tower with the modem point towards it direction, I get one bar with some drop outs.
So these are the options:
DSL if you want to be cheap but keeping a out of date technology alive.
FTTH if you want to have a longterm investment but paying a good amount of money upfront.
Wimax if you want to cover a decent size population with current modems.
just my opinion 
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Comcast
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Duramax08 uses WiMAX and is disappointed with it. Better than the alternatives but...
The problem with fiber is construction costs. If your area has a rural telco they likely have enough copper in the area to do pair bonding. Use two pairs and, if you've got decent-quality lines you can get 3M down and 768k up without issue on a 21 kft loop.
Sure, it's not super fast VDSL but a reliable 1.5/512 or 3/768 connection is a godsend compared to the alternatives. |
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