Extending network over a dry pair

Thu Dec 13 02:36:44 UTC 2018

It really does seem like repeaters are a necessity.  If he can put power 
down the wires, and get to them to install repeaters, that would seem 
the obvious way to go.

Miles

On 12/12/18 9:32 PM, Dan Hollis wrote:
> I doubt he will get >1.5mbps with those over a 6 mile long connection.
>
> I did a quick check and flowpoint 2200s seem to max out at 192kbps at 
> 3 miles.
>
> -Dan
>
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2018, Tim Pozar wrote:
>
>> For dry pairs, I have used Flowpoint SDSL modems (see attached).  I
>> picked these up for a sawbuck.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On 12/12/18 5:00 PM, Dan Hollis wrote:
>>> On Wed, 12 Dec 2018, Nick Bogle wrote:
>>>> A quick question for you guys;
>>>>
>>>> If you had a single dry pair (pair of copper wires originally for 
>>>> phones)
>>>> to a remote site that was around 6 miles away, what would you use? We
>>>> currently are just extending a T1 line to this site, but 1.5Mbps isn't
>>>> cutting it anymore. Unfortunately it's a research site on a federally
>>>> protected wildlife preserve so we can't run any new infrastructure 
>>>> (fiber
>>>> etc) and it isn't in a geographical place where point to point
>>>> wireless is
>>>> practical. We were thinking there is some sort of network extender 
>>>> that
>>>> uses some form of DSL for higher bandwidth capacity.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> If this is telco provided dry pair then the distance is probably longer
>>> than 6 miles as the endpoints are probably tied together through a 
>>> telco
>>> CO.
>>>
>>> I have not heard of any equipment which will work over a 6 mile pair 
>>> any
>>> faster than you're getting with T1.
>>>
>>> You might consider setting up wireless repeaters to bridge where there
>>> is no direct LOS. Look at what the hamwan guys have done.
>>> http://hamwan.org/
>>>
>>> -Dan
>>

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