ADSL Line Extenders

Wed Apr 29 00:52:38 UTC 2015

I know a couple of LECs that use these with success:

http://actelis.com/actelis-products/broadband-amplifiers/

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Jean-Francois Mezei <
jfmezei_nanog at 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 Are these thing out of date and no longer deployed ?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
>