| [info] Is IP-DSLAM considered to be "legacy" or current technolo I've noticed that you cannot get any help - here or by phone - for DSL problems that are not U-verse (express thru elite).
It seems to be that it is a "legacy" (obsolete) technology that is being gradually phased out. It merely uses the extra bandwidth left in the system after the U-verse customers have used most of it.
I currently have Elite (supposed to be 6mbps) that downloads at 56kbps. Apparently a "redback server profile" issue. It'll never be fixed it seems, so I give up on it.
A salesperson suggested IP-DSLAM because then I can continue to use POTS telephone and the router we are using now.
MOST IMPORTANT: Is IP-DSLAM considered to be "legacy" (obsolete) or current technology?
I don't want to get stuck with yet another slow download speed. |
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 ILpt4UPremium
join:2006-11-12
Lisle, IL
kudos:4 | Re: [info] Is IP-DSLAM considered to be "legacy" or current tech »IP-DSLAM FAQ
Basically, IPDSLAM is ADSL2+ "U-Verse" Internet |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
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San Jose, CA
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Re: [info] Is IP-DSLAM considered to be "legacy" or cu U-verse and ADSL are different networks, so bandwidth used for ADSL is not "left over" from any other network.
IP-DSLAM is current technology. I don't know that a regular ADSL modem can work with IP-DSLAM. While it is ADSL2+, I believe it requires a proprietary AT&T gateway, one which doesn't work with ADSL circuits, so your current ADSL gateway likely won't work with IP-DSLAM. Do read the FAQ posted by ILpt4U  .
Unfortunately, you will still be capped, if the bandwidth meter is working for your account. I am unclear on whether they will consider this a U-verse cap (250GB; I think they should), or a DSL cap (150GB).
Also unfortunately, they seem wedded to the same tier limits as for ADSL, though ADSL2+ should, theoretically, push a little more speed over the same copper.
I have the good fortune to live in a region served by a CLEC, Sonic.net, which offers ADSL2+ out of an AT&T CO (but the DSLAM belongs to Sonic.net), and doesn't require the special AT&T modem, and does let the DSLAM and modem negotiate the maximum stable synch rate. So I am able to get close to 5 mb/s down on a loop which was only good for 2.5 mb/s with ADSL and PPPoE.
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Norman
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 DrStrangeTechnically feasiblePremium
join:2001-07-23
West Hartford, CT
kudos:1 | I thought UVerse was VDSL, and required a VDSL modem [not ADSL 2+]? |
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ILpt4UPremium
join:2006-11-12
Lisle, IL
kudos:4 | There is FTTN/VDSL2 U-Verse that enables any combination of VoIP, Internet, and IPTV, and there is CO/ADSL2+ U-Verse that is exclusively Internet |
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