Re: VDSL

[Tim Howe <tim.h () bendtel com>]

On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:24:44 +0000
Rod Beck <rod.beck () unitedcablecompany com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I discovered that the Budapest cable company was using VDLS to
> provide services up to 500 megs into the buildings where my flats are
> located. VDSL is a pretty old standard. I recollect people talking
> about it back in 1998.
>
> Is it being heavily deployed in Last Mile networks state side?

        Sounds more like an in-building Gfast deployment, which
is /technically/ a kind of DSL.  To get 500Mb on a single pair I think
you would need a distance shorter than 1000ft.  This is pretty recent
tech, and a multi dwelling scenario would be the most common deployment
afaik.

--TimH