 dondude
join:2005-09-15
Lehigh Acres, FL | [CenturyTel] Is this a remote terminal?
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 JRKyWoops
join:2002-04-13
Colorado Springs, CO | Clearly, it's an XBOX!
Seriously, looks like a POTS but that's simply a guess. I'm not a technician.
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That is a cross connect. Sorry, not a remote.
If if was a remote there would be a metered power pedestal there. No power=no remote |
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dondude
join:2005-09-15
Lehigh Acres, FL | I read that they use cross connects for dsl connections. Hopefully a remote terminal is installed somewhere close next? I'm currently 10,000 feet from terminal right now so only 3mb connection. |
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| DSL remotes and Pair Gain require commercial power.....
The box in the back is a xbox, the one in front is probably just a splice point as I'm not familiar with that type of pedestal. |
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 xsbell
join:2008-12-22
Canada
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said by dondude:I read that they use cross connects for dsl connections. Hopefully a remote terminal is installed somewhere close next? I'm currently 10,000 feet from terminal right now so only 3mb connection.
You are correct. This is basically the first step. Your loop probably runs through that cross-connect already on it's way to the actual remote somewhere in the area. Then once they're ready, they'll deploy another cabinet with the SLAM very close to that cross-connect and run the pre-wired ports to it.
The pedestal in the front looks like cableco gear to me. Or maybe it could just be their ped with F2 pairs to the customer, it's kinda big though. |
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CTL has been deploying the Calix C7 platform for new DSL locations. Looking at the pictures supplied, there does not seem to be fiber at this location, also there is no power pedestal nor has a concrete pad been placed for an environmental cabinet.
So end result is this is a POTS cross connect only. Sorry, no DSL available.
The box contains the F1 pairs (feeder) that come from a central office or remote and cross connect with the F2 pairs (distribution) that continue to the customer prem.
In theory DSL could be added two different ways. The first is a DSLAM would have to be added somewhere on the F1 pair but that could limit speeds dependent on the distance from DSLAM to F1 pair to F2 pair. The second way is to add a DSLAM at this cross connect location/
I would say you best best is to hope to see the local power company adding power to this location. Then you know that some type of equipment is being added and hopefully it's a DSLAM. |
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Pair gain devices can be powered via feeder pairs from the CO or remote offices. |
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dondude
join:2005-09-15
Lehigh Acres, FL | reply to dondude
I'm not sure if they are done with it. Cabinet and workers started sometime last week. I'll see if they are back on monday. |
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 NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
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said by dondude:I read that they use cross connects for dsl connections. Hopefully a remote terminal is installed somewhere close next? I'm currently 10,000 feet from terminal right now so only 3mb connection.
The "cross connect" (aka, "Serving Area Interface") is strictly for copper distribution. DSL rides on copper, but needs powered ports.
RT can come in several forms. Here is an old Pacific Bell (later SBC, still later, AT&T) CEV ("Controlled Environment Vault") in San Jose, California. I've seen similar deployed by Roseville Tellephone Company (later Surewest, still later, Consolidated Communcations) in, and around Roseville, California. The vault can have power, and house a Remote Terminal.
AT&T (formerly Pacific Bell) CEV hatch.
For U-verse, AT&T is deploying powered cabinets that they call, VRADs ("Video Ready Access Devices"); the infamous "Lawn Fridges". These are mini-RTs fed by fiber optical cables.
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AT&T VRAD with adjacent SAI.
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VRAD showing power meter.
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AT&T VRAD with adjacent SAI.
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VRAD showing power meter.
I have seen other cabinet types used by PacBell, but currently have no photos.
Here is a cluster of Qwest (formerly USWest, now CenturyLink) boxes near a relative in Albany, Oregon. Leftmost looks like an SAI, middle could be an RT, and rightmost is very similar to AT&T VRADS.
CenturLink (formerly Qwest) cabinet cluster.
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The last RTs powered by pairs from the office were the analog carriers, such as SLC 8 and a few others. Those went out of service quite a few years to go. All RTs these days have local power and battery back up on site.
Also, it is hard to get feeder pairs when the RT is fiber fed, as are most these days. |
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watmore
join:2007-07-27
La Pointe, WI Reviews:
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Question for all, why would the OP's local landline carrier put in a NEW cross connect box if they weren't planning on placing a remote terminal nearby? Unless there is a brand new housing development going up in this area, I would guess a DSLAM is in the plans. |
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I guess maybe I should have been more specific--VDSL fiber feed SEM units, which usually are housed in the same box as the copper fed cross connects, are fed with power pairs (cable pairs on a power supply from the central office or remote). The dial tone from the CO combines with video signal at the cross connect and then goes out to the customer. I know for a fact these are fed from ca pairs that usually are carrying around 340 to 360 volts. |
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Hey dondude. We can check on future deployments in your area if you'd like. Send your account info to us at TalkToUs@CenturyLink.com. Thanks.
Joey H
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