Re: ADSL Line Extenders

[Rafael Possamai <rafael () gav ufsc br>]

Yes, you are correct, P2MP is what I meant to say. I'd also suggest
Ubiquiti radios, some of their models being capable of doing 1gbps+.

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 7:59 AM, Shimon Hochbaum <
shimon.hochbaum () teliswitch com> wrote:

> I second wholeheartedly the idea of wireless for this application, except
> that Rafael probably meant point to multipoint solutions: Trango
> https://www.trangosys.com/altum-ac or Waveip
> http://www.waveip.com/products/overview/ are 2 good options.
>
> Line extenders supporting ADSL2+ won't do much good: the 2 and the +
> denote improvements in the short range, less than 5000', probably not
> relevant in your case. If wired is your preferred option, you might want to
> consider HDSL based products, which are meant to drive 1.5M symmetric over
> long distances, power fed from the 2 sides for simplicity, with ability to
> go higher when pairs are bundled. Adtran should be the 1st place to look at.
>
> Good luck, Shimon
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rafael Possamai [mailto:rafael () gav ufsc br]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 17:37
> > To: Jean-Francois Mezei
> > Cc: nanog () nanog org
> > Subject: Re: ADSL Line Extenders
> >
> > Semi-related question: in instances like this, wouldn't a point-to-point
> link
> > provide larger throughput and be less expensive? Unless you are talking
> about
> > several subscribers that are already installed and operating.
> > Depending on the situation, it might make sense to set a few sectorial
> > antennas at a high-point and link everyone with small inexpensive CPE
> > antennas. Just a quick thought.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Rafael
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Jean-Francois Mezei <
> > jfmezei_nanog () vaxination ca> wrote:
> >
> > > A friend on a rural DSl association asked about ADSL line extenders.
> > >
> > > A search on Google yields many products dating back to the days of
> > > ADSL-1 advertising 1mbps profiles, but a few seem more recent and
> > > support ADSL2+ (not sure if any support VDSL2).
> > >
> > > Are these thing out of date and no longer deployed ? Were they ever
> > > effective, or just vapourware that didn't really improve things ?
> > >
> > >
> > > Do any Telcos still deploy them ?  Anyone know of deployments in
> Canada ?
> > > I just need a reality check on those devices.
> > >
> > > jf