Linux-Friendly ISP?

[Jay Nugent]

Greetings Leon,

On Thu, 11 Feb 2016, Leon Goldstein via Linux-users wrote:

> I've mentioned earlier that I'm still stuck in the breakdown lane of the 
> information super highway with dialup. This may end now.  Apparently I 
> can now get a rather slow - 3 mbs - ADSL connection with my telco 
> (Century Link.).

    Awesome!!


> For years I've been told that there was no DSL in my area and only after 
> upgrading of the telephone lines would it be offered. However, evidently 
> there are now fiber optic cables running to the nodes, and this now allows 
> sufficient signal strength and/or purity for DSL.
>
> First question: does this sound real?

    Yes.  DSL typically can only be delivered over "good" cable pairs up to 
roughly 16,000 feet from the DSLAM inside the Central Office.  Unlike 
ISDN, there are no "extenders" that extend that range.  The longer you are 
in cable-feet, the slower the service that can be delivered over it.

    Since they have dropped fiber to the neighborood, that means that you 
are effectively *closer* to the Central Office.  BUT!  ONLY if they put a 
mini-DSLAM inside the fiber cabinet in your neighborhood.  This doesn't 
always happen unless there are enough customers nearby to support the 
cost.

    There is a fiber cabinet just TWO BLOCKS from my house, but it as yet, 
does not have a mini-DSLAM installed.  So my DSL line goes 13,000 feet 
back to the C/O and thus I am limited to a maximum of 3 Mbps.  The signal 
quallity is *just* a wee bit too "long" for the next grade of service, 
which is 6 Mbps.


    Enjoy!
       --- Jay Nugent  WB8TKL
           Ypsilanti, Michigan

    Running a mix of Debian & Fedora and some Voyage on embedded
    systems.  Oh and a few Pidora on the Raspberry-Pi.


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