On 28 Feb 2002, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> > In seperate news, the NHISPA won a long time battle at the NH PUC
> > regarding access to dry copper. Verizon was ordered to provide a retail
> > dry copper product, which to the knowledge of everyone I have spoken with,
> > is the first in the nation. Those of you that want to build dry copper
> > networks will now have access to the raw materials to do so...
>
> *VERY* interesting. Two questinos:
>
> 1) Who would one contact at Verizon to talk about getting this?
I don't know for certain, but the business (not residential) office will
probably the place to start. Chances are that unless you know the precise
product ID to use, they will not know what you are referring to, since
this is a very recent ruling. I believe that the PUC web site referenced
the series 1000 product.
> 2) Speaking of raw materials, do you know what DSL equipment would be
> appropriate, and where one might look into obtaining same?
I have the best success with SDSL equipment. There are several options
available on the market. In fact, I bet you can find some on ebay, from
people that are dropping their xDSL line. The key is to select the product
that best fits your needs. For example, there are vendors that claim to
work on loops as long as 26000 feet, but others that will go above 2Mbps
on lines shorter then 5000 feet. Also, you *may* want ADSL, though my
experience suggests that this is not usually a wise decision.
Inexpensive (well sortof) devices include FlowPoint (aka Cabletron I
believe now) and Net2Net (a Cabletron spinoff in the seacoast region).
Note, you DON'T need a DSLAM with many of the devices. Simply hook them
back-to-back.
- Marc
> Thanks,
>
> -Ken
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