On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:18:40 +1300 Bryce Stenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Two hours before technician due to turn up he phones to check that I do > live at Leithfield Beach - says I can't get JetStream there as too far from > exchange (at Amberley, 8km) - telecom needs to lay fibre to the box at > Leithfield beach to enable JetStream as it is currently all copper back to > exchange. thats weird, you used to need copper all the way back to the exchange because dsl needs copper from you to the dslam (the dslam is effectively the bridge between dsl and the rest of the digital world - telecom's backbone or whatever) dslams used to be large and exchange only, therefore you needed copper all the way yo the exchange. people in new subdivisions fed by fibre pretty soon found out that it was not cool for dsl. I heard a while ago that telecom were starting to use smaller dslams in cabinets, if that is the case perhaps the technician meant that telecom needed to install a fibre link out in leithfield beach, install a small dslam and then have copper from you to the cabinet. however you definitely need copper from you to the dslam. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
