05-22-2010, 05:40 PM
Diggles your not correct. Adsl distance to the DSLAM needs to be around 2 miles or less, but it can work up to 5 miles away depending on allot of things such as guage of wire, quality of the interconnects, grounding etc. Also alot of carriers were deploying DSLAM's into hubs to get around distance limitations to the CO. The other thing to note that most people forget, is that it isnt miles to the CO, but mils of wire (which can typically be longer then what people think.
ADSL Doesn't have massive latency issues over other solutions. Its considerably better then dial up in both bandwidth and latency. Some aspects of ADSL can be better then cable in that the bandwith is not shared at the hub. So if your getting 1 meg downstream, its all yours. But clearly a FIOS or cable is best. But if you dont have those then DSL is a very viable option.
The thing to do is to call Verizon and ask if they offer it. Its much better then dialup, and for the most part much better then a 3g cellar solution as well.
ADSL Doesn't have massive latency issues over other solutions. Its considerably better then dial up in both bandwidth and latency. Some aspects of ADSL can be better then cable in that the bandwith is not shared at the hub. So if your getting 1 meg downstream, its all yours. But clearly a FIOS or cable is best. But if you dont have those then DSL is a very viable option.
The thing to do is to call Verizon and ask if they offer it. Its much better then dialup, and for the most part much better then a 3g cellar solution as well.
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