ot, adsl speed vs. distance

[Sean McMahon]

Every network is limited by distance.
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From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at lava-net.com>
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Subject: Re: ot, adsl speed vs. distance


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> Hi Greg. Last I heard (although my information may be incorrect), DSL is no
longer limited by distance due to the fact that DSLAM's are being installed in
the street boxes on the poles.
> Someone told me this a while back, however I haven't been able to verify it
yet.
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 02:51:08PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote:
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> > Hi all.
> >
> > Sorry for the off topic post, but I thought someone here might know
> > the answer. Does anyone here have any ball park figures on how distance
> > effects ADSL down/up speeds? For example, what's the highest possible
> > down/up ADSL speed at 5000 ft, 10000 ft, 15000 ft, and so on? I got
> > curious about this, and did some googling, but the only information I
> > found was that service providers qualify lines differently, and that
> > one provider may provide a certain speed a certain distance from the
> > customer to the phone switching office, while another provider may
> > provide another max speed at the same distance. However, this is only
> > telling me what I already know, with no actual general ball park
> > figures. Thanks in advance for any info, including any web sites or
> > other resources which answer my question.
> >
> > Greg
> >
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