[geeks] News server access

[Ken Hansen]

DSL "piggybacks" on a POTS line - I think you have to pay extra for a
dedicated circuit pair for DSL to the house.

I had to install filters on all my phones before DSL was "turned on"...

Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [geeks] News server access


> On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 11:25:44AM -0400, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> > no, DSL is copper from CO to house.  T1 and ISDN are fibre from CO to
house.
>
> Since when?  I've never seen ISDN delivered over fiber.  Its a conditioned
> copper line (4 wire).  DSL is just 2-wire copper and can be run over alarm
> pair if needed in some cases.
>
> You might have fiber be the *backbone*; e.g., from a CO to a neighborhood
> junction box, but at one point its going to break out into copper before
it
> hits the house.
>
> Bill
>
> --
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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