[ale] OT- Transition to fast access

[mainwizard at vei.net]

OK. Bellsouth has this new thing. They call it a remote access point (RAP). And what it does is create a point closer to your house that connects to the CO via fibre. No distance restriction. Then, the new distance restriction is how far you are from the RAP.

I know this because my DSL service was crap because I was 18,300 ft from the CO, 300 ft more than their 'limit'. They routed my connection thru the RAP 4000 ft from my house and now my connection is nearly perfect.

The problem is that they don't advertise the RAP's. I'm not sure why. Lot's of evil speculation though:-)

Ed.

----- Original Message -----
From: John Wells
Sent: 8/26/2002 5:37:27 PM
To: CharlesM at Media-Brokers.com
Cc: ale at ale.org
Subject: RE: [ale] OT- Transition to fast access

> This might be an error on the part of whatever service you're using to
> determine the distance from your house to the CO.  
> 
> For instance, dslreports.com says I'm 39,880 feet from the nearest CO
> (MMRTTGAMA).
> 
> I'm betting it's either out-dated info or a mistake.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 17:23, Charles Marcus wrote:
> > > From: F. Grant Robertson [mailto:f.g.robertson at alexiongroup.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 5:10 PM
> > >
> > >> Yes, I think it is a waste of time - I don't even think
> > >> they'd attempt an install at that distance.
> > 
> > > Not so fast there...  I'm _at_ 36,500 feet, and this email
> > > will go out over my DSL at 256k up/1.5 down. Depends on what
> > > equipment is in the area.
> > 
> > No offense, but I highly doubt it.  Every distance requirement I've ever
> > seen for ADSL is a *maximum* of 18,000 ft from the CO.  Anything more and
> > they won't even try - much less give you 1.5Mb down.  ADSL is very distance
> > sensitive, so if you are at 17,500 ft, there's no way you'll get 1.5Mb
> > speeds.
> > 
> > Maybe you're using some kind of new implementation or technology, but I
> > would think some of us here would have heard about it before now...
> > 
> > > If Bellsouth's fast access site says you qualify, you can
> > > get something reasonable.
> > 
> > Yes, but to qualify, you must be within 18,000 ft.  Are you sure you're not
> > at 3,650 ft?
> > 
> > Charles
> > 
> > 
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