Thoughts On Cheap Chinese xDSL Testers

Tue Jun 30 02:31:58 UTC 2015

The Westel A90-750045-07 Frontier branded DSL router has some amazing DSL
status screens if you dig in the menu deep enough.  I always kept one in
the truck when I was doing some service work.  Check the local
Goodwill/Value Village.

--
Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Robert Glover <robertg at garlic.com> wrote:

> The local ILEC (Verizon) use Colt 250+.  They are pretty cool.  They do
> not do layer 3 like the meter you referenced.
> I'm actually looking for a cost-effective meter that does ADSL+ / VDSL2 /
> e.SHDSL.  it's easy to find one that does the first two, but not all three.
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon at orthanc.ca>
> Date: 06/29/2015  5:50 PM  (GMT-08:00)
> To: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog at nanog.org>
> Subject: Thoughts On Cheap Chinese xDSL Testers
>
> I've been poking around looking for an inexpensive xDSL circuit tester to
> do some measurements on my home DSL line, in opposition to the telco. $2K+
> is not in the budget, so I'm curious about the accuracy of the $300 Chinese
> units kicking around eBay (e.g. the ST332B).  Anyone out there have
> experience with them?  Are they even remotely close to accurate?
>
> --lyndon
>
> 
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