brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | reply to antdude
Re: Comcast For that 1% or less of their customer base. The other 99% are on DSL. |
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 antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
United State
kudos:4
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| said by brad:For that 1% or less of their customer base. The other 99% are on DSL.
Wow, I thought they were trying to get rid of DSL/copper lines. |
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brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | said by antdude:said by brad:For that 1% or less of their customer base. The other 99% are on DSL.
Wow, I thought they were trying to get rid of DSL/copper lines. When they say DSL they're referring to users on 1.5 / 3 Mbps connections, but U-Verse is still DSL. They're also rolling out new IP-DSLAMs in many areas. So contrary to what they might say DSL isn't going away anytime soon. |
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antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
United State
kudos:4 Reviews:
·RoadRunner Cable
| said by brad:said by antdude:said by brad:For that 1% or less of their customer base. The other 99% are on DSL.
Wow, I thought they were trying to get rid of DSL/copper lines. When they say DSL they're referring to users on 1.5 / 3 Mbps connections, but U-Verse is still DSL. They're also rolling out new IP-DSLAMs in many areas. So contrary to what they might say DSL isn't going away anytime soon. I wished Verizon did that or better spread FIOS. |
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 NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:9
 ·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
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said by antdude:said by brad:For that 1% or less of their customer base. The other 99% are on DSL.
Wow, I thought they were trying to get rid of DSL/copper lines. They have FTTN for the most part; fiber to a neighborhood "node", similar to the MSOs; except their "nodes" are powered cabinets which contain remote DSLAMs. FTTP only in "greenfield communities", and very few of those.
They have an "Internet-only U-verse" service they call, "IPDSLAM". It is mostly ADSL2+ from the CO, though there is some VDSL from VRADs (the powered neighborhood cabinets). They are trying to move their ADSL (non-U-verse) customers over to IPDSLAM service. And they would like to sell off the copper plant where they would rather not try to service with any form of DSL. If the loop length is greater than 15,000 feet, or so, servicing with DSL faster than 1.5 Mbs becomes seriously problematic; so they would prefer to sell than to expend capital on additional remote DSLAMs.
I don't know the actual percent of the plant which is all fiber, but I doubt that it is as high as 2.5%. The rest is a hybrid plant; fiber to the neighborhood (node), copper to the premises.
I hate that! I meant, "FTTN", but managed to type, "FTTH"!
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