phoenixgrif
join:2002-04-24
33.23N96.96W
| reply to Lolotehe
Re: Is VDSL worth the 20 day wait, or should go cable?
I can't imagine that they would even sell VDSL to a home user. I would think that due to the fiber-to-the-curb the bandwidth is there for VDSL, but more than likely you will get ADSL with VERY good speeds and no latency.
One of the sites I oversee is on Division St. in Arlington and they have fiber to the curb, but we just have business-class ADSL from SBC. The speed is great, but it's still ADSL.
Just over a year ago I moved from Allen (SBC DSL for last 4 years) to Plano (Verizon area) and was told by Verizon it would be 2-3 weeks to have DSL installed ... called ATT and had cable installed the next day.... 
Christopher
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Lolotehe
join:2003-09-03
Richardson, TX
| Okay, after more reading on the subject, I'm thinking it's worth the wait.
»www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulp···703.html
"Some readers were quick to point out this week that several Japanese ISPs have started installing DSL circuits running up to 26 megabits-per-second, which makes my argument last week for 20 megabits look pretty lame. But not all megabits are created equal. What's being installed in Japan is VDSL, which is very fast indeed, but not as well suited to the U.S. phone market where most of my readers are. Quest does have some VDSL lines deployed in the Midwest. VDSL requires a pristine phone line and even then supports that 26 megabit speed over a maximum of only 4,000 feet, and practically, over less than 1,000 feet. ADSL2+, which is another follow-on to current DSL, is slower still. Both it and VDSL are best suited to networks with fiber to the curb, or at least, fiber to the neighborhood. " |
