paule123
join:2002-07-25
Cleveland, OH
|  SBC installed a big new curbside box in the neighborhood...
Down the street from me there has been what I suspect is a "remote terminal" box on the curb for a few years. A large, beige, skinny, unvented, rectangular box. A couple weeks ago, right next to it SBC installed another large beige box, this one is squarish, appears a little beefier and is vented.
Any way to call SBC, give them the approximate address and find out what this is? I'm hoping Lightspeed is on the way to my area...
BTW, I'm in the Cleveland, OH suburbs. |
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alex14464
join:2004-11-11
Bonne Terre, MO | can you post a photo? it may be lightspeed. i just wish it would come to my area.
alex |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
 ·AT&T Midwest
| reply to paule123
A large, beige, skinny, unvented, rectangular box is almost certainly a crossbox.
A somewhat beefier one could be a Lightspan enclosure (RT). See »RT picture(s) . to see if it is.
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paule123
join:2002-07-25
Cleveland, OH
| reply to paule123
Here's the pix guys. The newly installed box is on the right (as if you couldn't tell by the dirt everywhere). I was somewhat shocked at that SBC tore up a homeowners front yard to install that thing! |
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lev
Napoleon is always right
Premium,Ex-mod 2002-08
join:2001-05-30
Chicago, IL
clubs:  | Hmm... that might be something very, very nice.
Lightspeed node maybe? |
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RadioDoc
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said by paule123  : I was somewhat shocked at that SBC tore up a homeowners front yard to install that thing! Utility easements can be a real bitch if you don't know where they are and install landscaping in them.
That large cabinet down the street in your second picture is kinda oddly placed. Is that installed there or is it just resting? Or is that the "skinny box" you were referring to earlier?
Next time you see someone out there, ask 'em what it's for. Can't hurt to bring out some doughnuts or cookies along with a couple cold cans of your favorite soft drink. 
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Barsoom
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join:2002-12-08
Reno, NV | reply to lev
Those look like power conduits poking out of the back of the new box's pad. I think that would be a good sign for something nice.  |
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paule123
join:2002-07-25
Cleveland, OH
| reply to RadioDoc
said by RadioDoc :That large cabinet down the street in your second picture is kinda oddly placed. Is that installed there or is it just resting? Or is that the "skinny box" you were referring to earlier? The one on the left closest to the street is the "skinny box" I was referring to earlier, it's not resting, it's been there for a few years. I assume it's the box where they make the cross connects for good old POTS service.
It looks like the sidewalk is new, so perhaps they made some underground connection from the old box location to the new box location. |
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RadioDoc
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| Could be Lightspeed. If anyone sees kevdawg0 around, ask him if it looks familiar.
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TransitMan
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join:2000-09-05
Dayton, OH
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| reply to paule123
That small skinny box is familiar to me.
I've seen quite a few of those around Dayton, Oh, and those are cross-connect for plain old POTS. I inquired a SBC/ATT tech on day about them.
The new box though, that's a tuffy!
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swman
@qwest.net
| reply to paule123
It can be 1 of 2 things, a cabinet that provides more POT's relief, or a cabinet that provides DSL service. In locations far from a Telephone Office remote DSL cabinets are used. The pots line is connected in and out of the DSL cabinet. The DSL is added to your line at that location. The DSL portion of your service will ride fiber or copper T1 lines from that cabinet to the ATM switch in a local Telephone Office, and poooff you are connected to the net. Usually if copper T1 lines are used your max speed may be 1.5 meg.
telephone man |
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alex14464
join:2004-11-11
Bonne Terre, MO | reply to paule123
that dose look like an rt. there putting right next to cross connect boxes where i used to live. wished i would have stayed there now in st.louis. looks the same
alex |
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lev
Napoleon is always right
Premium,Ex-mod 2002-08
join:2001-05-30
Chicago, IL
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| Lightspeed nodes are supposed to replace cross-connect boxes. I'd be gettin' pretty excited if I saw one going where my cross-connect is, because I know where the RT is too.
paule123, what kind of service is available to you now, and is it via CO or RT? |
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dogtech
Let Us Build It
join:2002-06-08
Toledo, OH
| reply to paule123
You better start smiling! That is a Lightspeed(VRAD) box. They are not going to replace the xcut box.....it will be wired into them.
They are starting to pop up all over in the Toledo, Oh area. At&t appears to be quietly installing them although they have not turned them up for service yet. |
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pa grape
Premium
join:2003-12-28
Columbus, OH | reply to paule123
After looking at the pictures here, I remembered seeing the exact same new boxes being installed around town here in the north Columbus area also. They have gone in over the last few months. I wondered what they were for. |
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RadioDoc
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said by dogtech :You better start smiling! That is a Lightspeed(VRAD) box. They are not going to replace the xcut box.....it will be wired into them. They are starting to pop up all over in the Toledo, Oh area. At&t appears to be quietly installing them although they have not turned them up for service yet.
* DING! *
There you have it. Rejoice.
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Riss_Centaur
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| Doc-- think this is worth haning off the end of this faq: »Ameritech - SBC FAQ »Remote Terminals (RTs) & Lightspeed Nodes or maybe we start a new one for lightspeed sightings?
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RadioDoc
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join:2000-05-11 | I probably need to redo that FAQ entry anyway. I just added a link back to this thread and changed the title a bit right before posting this.
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paule123
join:2002-07-25
Cleveland, OH
| reply to lev
said by lev :paule123, what kind of service is available to you now, and is it via CO or RT? I've got SBC Pro DSL but can only max out at 2Mbps due to distance to the CO. I believe service is to the CO and not RT based on my research and maps available here at DSLR.
Well it's nice to hear others in Ohio are seeing these pop up. For once, our little technology backwater of Cleveland, OH may be getting some leading edge services installed... |
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RazznCain
Premium
join:2003-03-02
Riverview, MI | reply to paule123
Just waiting on the Lightning Strikes to "Activate" it and carry out Ed's final "plan" |
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