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
