CenturyLink Will Offer Bonded VDSL2 Up to 100 Mbps > Last mile is great...

Last mile is great...

Not in major cities. Remember that CenLink has a couple different backbone networks that work just fine...

1) Qwest
2) Savvis
3) Lightcore (legacy CenturyTel)

Not backbone, backhaul. CL has a bunch of remote COs with DSLAMS that seem to be connected with T1s. That means the max speed they can offer subscribers is 1.5Mbps. Replace those T1s with DS3s and they could offer faster speeds, in many cases without changing the DSLAM. Note that the DS3s don't have to be fiber. Coax or microwave would work just fine...

That's why I said "in cities". I guarantee that anything getting VDSL will be backhauled via OCn or gigabit Ethernet. CenLink wouldn't use microwave or coax in areas like Denver because

1) They have no coax network to speak of here
2) Line of sight issues make microwave a bad choice for everything other than cellular backhaul, and sometimes even that doesn't work out

If you're talking about rural areas though, good luck. Wirelesss backhaul would work well there, but my guess is that many areas don't have subscribers clumped nearly enough around RTs to actually deliver VDSL to most of them.

reply to iansltx
"3) Lightcore (legacy CenturyTel)"

I've got several Lightcore long haul circuits and I can't complain.
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I do not, have not, and will not work for AT&T/Comcast/Verizon/Charter or similar sized company.

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reply to travelguy
No issues here, but I am on the former Qwest Network. I currently have the 40/5mb, and I get 90%+ of my speed, with most tests in the 35mb range down, and about 4mb up.

I have two coworkers here who are also very happy with their service, as their speed is as advertised.

On the flipside, I wasn't too happy with the Embarq network they bought when I lived in Vegas - the network wasn't as fast or stable as the Qwest network here in Albuquerque. To be fair, I live about 1 mile from the CO, and in a new area of town, so I get a very good connection.

reply to travelguy
Need to upgrade remote DSLAMS with fiber is the only way to get those types of speeds

reply to travelguy
The have been in talks with Infinera so the backbones is not a problem.

What they really need to focus on is placing more DSLAM's / RT in cities and rual areas.

This CO crap is sooo last decade it makes me want to puke....
Not everyone is going to be around a CO ... with that said . To be competitive they need to get to everyone like the cable companies can..

MORE RT's That's it really.... One placed for each neighborhood..

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CL just replaced the 8 bonded t-1's feeding our rural remote terminal on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington with a fiber run. I can now get 5mbps down there on my current adsl lines... Im told by a tech that I should expect VDSL to be available soon...

reply to iansltx

Not sure how your comment relates to my post. Mind explaining?