> ADS2+ really rocks, but only if the telco has their gear close to > you. In new neighbourhoods the telcos are already using remotes, > putting the active gear within 2000ft of your door. In the older > neighbourhoods the telcos have a lot of work in installing remotes > closer to you than the central office, but this will allow them to > compete directly with the cable plant...
It'll be a Conservative day in Ottawa before this will ever affect me, since I live in an area where the houses are 2,000 ft or more apart. A.K.A. "farm country". The part of Canada that no high speed provider can afford to care about, except for the very rich ($1K/month for a fibre T1, plus $15K up front to run the fiber), or satellite services which have been historically expensive; they're coming down now with Telesat's KA band service, but I expect the latency on that will make VOIP unusable. Sigh.
