On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 02:17, Ted Gould wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 23:18, Craig White wrote:
> > AFAIK, the only type of DSL that they make available for other ISP's is
> > ADSL. Their vDSL circuits are typically in newly developed area with
> > distances too far for ADSL.
>
> Uhm, no. vDSL is for very short distances, and is much higher bandwidth
> than the other DSL varieties. It basically relies on equipment, that
> compared to the other DSLs, is very close to the home. Here is some
> info:
>
> http://www.qwest.com/vdsl/learn/vdsl.html
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ADSL has to go all the way back to central offices - typically the
problem with the distances where the vDSL has more localized
distribution points. The distances from home to central office are
likely to be much farther on vDSL systems but that is already taken into
account.
Craig
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