With CL in the middle, EoC might be an option. Personally, I'd find a local WISP and see what they can come up with for you. On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 10:01 PM Nick Bogle <n...@bogle.se> wrote:
> The driving distance is 4 miles, we are leasing it from CenturyLink whose > headend maybe adds a mile or less, it's on the route and about half way > through. I made it 6 miles to be safe. We currently can pull a full 1.5Mbps > off of that T1 we run there so perhaps CenturyLink is repeating at their CO > and/or along the route? > > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 6:32 PM Dan Hollis <goe...@sasami.anime.net> > wrote: > >> I doubt he will get >1.5mbps with those over a 6 mile long connection. >> >> I did a quick check and flowpoint 2200s seem to max out at 192kbps at 3 >> miles. >> >> -Dan >> >> On Wed, 12 Dec 2018, Tim Pozar wrote: >> >> > For dry pairs, I have used Flowpoint SDSL modems (see attached). I >> > picked these up for a sawbuck. >> > >> > Tim >> > >> > On 12/12/18 5:00 PM, Dan Hollis wrote: >> >> On Wed, 12 Dec 2018, Nick Bogle wrote: >> >>> A quick question for you guys; >> >>> >> >>> If you had a single dry pair (pair of copper wires originally for >> phones) >> >>> to a remote site that was around 6 miles away, what would you use? We >> >>> currently are just extending a T1 line to this site, but 1.5Mbps isn't >> >>> cutting it anymore. Unfortunately it's a research site on a federally >> >>> protected wildlife preserve so we can't run any new infrastructure >> (fiber >> >>> etc) and it isn't in a geographical place where point to point >> >>> wireless is >> >>> practical. We were thinking there is some sort of network extender >> that >> >>> uses some form of DSL for higher bandwidth capacity. >> >>> >> >>> Any suggestions? >> >> >> >> If this is telco provided dry pair then the distance is probably longer >> >> than 6 miles as the endpoints are probably tied together through a >> telco >> >> CO. >> >> >> >> I have not heard of any equipment which will work over a 6 mile pair >> any >> >> faster than you're getting with T1. >> >> >> >> You might consider setting up wireless repeaters to bridge where there >> >> is no direct LOS. Look at what the hamwan guys have done. >> >> http://hamwan.org/ >> >> >> >> -Dan >> > >> >