Locations with no good Internet

Mon Mar 8 15:16:53 UTC 2010

On 3/6/2010 7:28 AM, Joel Snyder wrote:
> Patrick Giagnocavo <patrick at zill.net> wrote:
>
> >Isn't this really an issue (political) with tariffed T1 prices rather
> >than a technical problem?
>
> >I was told that most T1s are provisioned over a DSLAM these days
> >anyways, and that the key difference between T1 and DSL was the SLA
> >(99.99% guarantee vs. "when we get it fixed").
>
> I don't know about anything other than Qwest-land in Arizona, but we 
> are seeing the few T1s that are still in service provisioned as you 
> described: a 2-wire DSL connection, although not out of a local DSLAM.
>
Here in Maine, they use HDSL (two pair) to supply T1.  They put 
repeaters down the line or work it out of a SLICK.  The bridge taps and 
side taps are removed from the loops (conditioned) and then there's the 
SLA.  I learned to always have a spare CSU/DSU on site.

--Curtis