fire100_old
Premium
join:2002-08-09
Michigan
clubs:
| Nothing more accurate than a Map
Just find the address of your closest CO on the CO finder here.
Then goto Mapquest.com get your mileage.
Then use the free tool Convert to convert Mileage into Feet. |
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thewolfman
join:2003-04-03
Niagara Falls, NY
clubs: | It isn't that easy. Mapquest mileage cannot be used due to the way telephone wire is routed. Maybe in rare cases it would work, but not the majority. |
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B
Premium,MVM
join:2000-10-28
| reply to fire100_old
Or just type it into Google! (e.g., "2.54 miles in feet")
Also, conventional wisdom is that crows-flies distances (or worse, the driving distance you recommend) is not directly relatable to the real world mess that is the copper phone system.
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technick
Premium
join:2000-12-16
Loganville, GA | reply to fire100_old
The CO Finder is useless, it doesn't list the remote CO that is in my area, if I follow all the information that DSL Reports shows, then I wouldn't even be able to get DSL in my area. I enjoy 3 megs of service in my area..... |
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B
Premium,MVM
join:2000-10-28
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Understood, but "doesn't work for you" doesn't even come CLOSE to meaning "useless"!!
The CO Finder at DSLR is a godsend for many, many people investigating broadband. I'm quite grateful for it.
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lestat99
join:2000-08-04
Piscataway, NJ
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Loop lengh is not measured in a straight line from your house to the CO. You have to account for how the cables are actually routed which is almost never a straight line. Your cable can make a "round about" town even though the CO is down the block.
The key is how long is the physical copper loop from your house to the CO not how far your house is from the CO.
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techguyga
MCSE, DCSE
Premium
join:2003-12-31
Cumming, GA
| reply to technick
Are you talking about an RT/DSLAM? I didn't know they had "remote CO's".
If you live in one of the BellSouth served areas, check out this spreadsheet that lists operational and proposed RTs and their street addresses...
»www.bellsouth.com/broadband/dsl_···rtal.xls |
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lesopp
join:2001-06-27
Land O Lakes, FL
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Amen to that, but its not just Verizon. I think it a collusive effort by the Bells. I have a remote office, in Louisiana, that according to map quest and initial telco estimates was 11750 feet from the CO. This office is on the same road as the CO. We had a problem that only happened with heavy rains. Reported the problem and now the office is 17950 feet away. |
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webgoddess
join:2004-09-02
Murfreesboro, TN | reply to techguyga
can someone help me interpret that bellsouth spreadsheet? I don't see any actual dates on it. Everything in that column says RT.
Thanks!
Jeanne |
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danknight
join:2001-07-27
Methuen, MA
| reply to fire100_old
Another thing that affects loop length is bridge taps. As the phone company rarely knows exactly where every cable pair is going to be used in town. they branch them off so a cable pair has multiple appearances in the Town. they also 'load' long loops with inductor coils in parallel to compensate for the capacitance that results from long pairs of wires. this is great for POTS lines but horrible for digital. Both of these factors increases the electrical loop length. |
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rstrandb
Premium
join:2003-04-17
Albany, GA | reply to lesopp
The must have run you on a new copper pair which is routed differently, that's why your line feet changed. You might inquire and ask if they can remove any bridge taps, this could shorten your distance greatly. |
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