Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-22 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Sunday 20 May 2007 11:36 am, Jon Pounder wrote: how many cable feet were you ever able to actually get various speeds at ? Depended on the hardware and wire gauge. I was able to do 1250kbps symmetrical on a 4kmish loop very reliably. around here it might just be the geography but I think

RE: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-20 Thread asterisk
On Fri, 11 May 2007, Alex Balashov wrote: On Fri, 11 May 2007, John Treble said something to this effect: Can you still do ?homebrew? PTP T1 in the U.S. this way? I thought this was nixed by the ILEC/CLECs years ago. It's logically possible. But if you're trying to do T1 over a single pair,

RE: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-20 Thread asterisk
On Fri, 11 May 2007, Jon Pounder wrote: again, I'm interested to know anyone whose actually done this, and what the results were, since I have been thinking of the same thing for a while. Yep, did it for about 10 years straight :) both ADSL and SDSL. Most reliable service I've ever had from a

RE: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-20 Thread Jon Pounder
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, 11 May 2007, Jon Pounder wrote: again, I'm interested to know anyone whose actually done this, and what the results were, since I have been thinking of the same thing for a while. Yep, did it for about 10 years straight :) both ADSL and SDSL. Most reliable

RE: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-20 Thread Alex Balashov
On Sun, 20 May 2007, Jon Pounder said something to this effect: The trend also seems to be just drop in a chunk of fibre and park a dms switch right near any sizable new development and not feed it from the CO at all. Big Class 5 switches like DMSs do not live in remote terminals of the

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-16 Thread Andreas van dem Helge
On 5/13/07, Jon Pounder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what exactly was the charge ? - trespass - no its public land for the most part this stuff is on so that doesn't apply - vandalism/mischief - if no other customer was impacted I don't see how this charge would stick since there is no measurable

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-14 Thread Anselm Martin Hoffmeister
Am Freitag, den 11.05.2007, 18:44 -0400 schrieb Jon Pounder: just out of curiousity - anyone ever hijack pairs and get away with it ? (do your own cross connects on the street and utilize some crossconnect all within one branch of F1 cable out of the CO ?) I've been tempted in the past, and

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-14 Thread Per Jessen
Jon Pounder wrote: Quoting Stephen Bosch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: C F wrote: Stephen i disagree. growing up in new work city i can say its quite easy to get away with it in the city. where i live now in new jersey (population of around 6) i wouldnt be able to pull that off. The world is a

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-14 Thread Chris Mason (Lists)
Per Jessen wrote: Perhaps something along the lines of unauthorised tampering with a telecomms installation? More likely conspiracy to aid terrorists by destroying the infrastructure. -- Chris Mason (264) 497-5670 Fax: (264) 497-8463 Int: (305) 704-7249 Fax: (815)301-9759 UK

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-14 Thread Stephen Bosch
Per Jessen wrote: Jon Pounder wrote: Quoting Stephen Bosch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: C F wrote: Stephen i disagree. growing up in new work city i can say its quite easy to get away with it in the city. where i live now in new jersey (population of around 6) i wouldnt be able to pull that

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-14 Thread Paul
Stephen Bosch wrote: Per Jessen wrote: Jon Pounder wrote: Quoting Stephen Bosch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: C F wrote: Stephen i disagree. growing up in new work city i can say its quite easy to get away with it in the city. where i live now in new jersey (population of

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-14 Thread Noah Miller
Stephen i disagree. growing up in new work city i can say its quite easy to get away with it in the city. where i live now in new jersey (population of around 6) i wouldnt be able to pull that off. The world is a big place, and I suppose there's room for all kinds. In these parts, the

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-13 Thread Jon Pounder
Quoting Stephen Bosch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: C F wrote: Stephen i disagree. growing up in new work city i can say its quite easy to get away with it in the city. where i live now in new jersey (population of around 6) i wouldnt be able to pull that off. The world is a big place, and I

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-12 Thread Stephen Bosch
Jon Pounder wrote: Who said I wanted to run DSL over it :) no one - I'm sure you really just want to run 110baud modem over it :) and I'm sure you probably don't want a handful of them between the same 2 locations either. btw - here is an interesting strategy to get fibre or something

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-12 Thread Stephen Bosch
Alex Balashov wrote: On Fri, 11 May 2007, John Treble said something to this effect: Can you still do “homebrew” PTP T1 in the U.S. this way? I thought this was nixed by the ILEC/CLECs years ago. It's logically possible. But if you're trying to do T1 over a single pair, you'd have to

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-12 Thread Stephen Bosch
Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: On Friday 11 May 2007 5:45 pm, Jon Pounder wrote: again, I'm interested to know anyone whose actually done this, and what the results were, since I have been thinking of the same thing for a while. I'd run about two dozen of these things using a variety of equipment.

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-12 Thread Alex Balashov
On Sat, 12 May 2007, Stephen Bosch said something to this effect: The copper is so decrepit in so many places that it's really questionable whether this is even worth considering. There are just too many variables outside your control. That was my general impression as well. My suggestion

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-12 Thread Stephen Bosch
Jon Pounder wrote: On 5/11/07, Alex Balashov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 11 May 2007, C F said something to this effect: Not according to Verizon (in my area anyhow), We tried it and it didn't work. The verizon technician insisted it wasn't real PTP copper and therefore anything but

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-12 Thread thg
Jon Pounder wrote: On 5/11/07, Alex Balashov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 11 May 2007, C F said something to this effect: Not according to Verizon (in my area anyhow), We tried it and it didn't work. The verizon technician insisted it wasn't real PTP copper and therefore anything but

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-12 Thread Eric \ManxPower\ Wieling
Jon Pounder wrote: that's what dry copper is supposed to be, just a cross connect between 2 pairs out of the CO. ie not even battery, line test equipment, or anything else hanging off it at the CO. any restriction should be purely a function of the inductance/capacitance of the wire and the

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-12 Thread Jon Pounder
Quoting Stephen Bosch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jon Pounder wrote: On 5/11/07, Alex Balashov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 11 May 2007, C F said something to this effect: Not according to Verizon (in my area anyhow), We tried it and it didn't work. The verizon technician insisted it wasn't

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-12 Thread Jon Pounder
Quoting Eric \ManxPower\ Wieling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jon Pounder wrote: that's what dry copper is supposed to be, just a cross connect between 2 pairs out of the CO. ie not even battery, line test equipment, or anything else hanging off it at the CO. any restriction should be purely a function

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-12 Thread thg
Quoting Stephen Bosch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jon Pounder wrote: On 5/11/07, Alex Balashov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 11 May 2007, C F said something to this effect: Not according to Verizon (in my area anyhow), We tried it and it didn't work. The verizon technician insisted it wasn't

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-12 Thread Paul
Eric ManxPower Wieling wrote: Jon Pounder wrote: that's what dry copper is supposed to be, just a cross connect between 2 pairs out of the CO. ie not even battery, line test equipment, or anything else hanging off it at the CO. any restriction should be purely a function of the

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-12 Thread C F
Stephen i disagree. growing up in new work city i can say its quite easy to get away with it in the city. where i live now in new jersey (population of around 6) i wouldnt be able to pull that off. On 5/12/07, Stephen Bosch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jon Pounder wrote: On 5/11/07, Alex

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-12 Thread Stephen Bosch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In todays socio/political climate, telco infrastructure is seen as foundational, and an essential service that is vital in times of emergency. Any unauthorised modification can present an unacceptable risk exposure to the telco, the emergency services, and to the

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-12 Thread Stephen Bosch
C F wrote: Stephen i disagree. growing up in new work city i can say its quite easy to get away with it in the city. where i live now in new jersey (population of around 6) i wouldnt be able to pull that off. The world is a big place, and I suppose there's room for all kinds. In these

[asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Matt
Hi, Does anyone know of a way to get a dry copper pair (also known as an alarm line) from Verizon for less than $20/end? I know we have been able to get them, but they come out to $40/month for a circuit.. and there's no dial-tone over it ___

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 02:36:46PM -0400, Matt wrote: Does anyone know of a way to get a dry copper pair (also known as an alarm line) from Verizon for less than $20/end? I know we have been able to get them, but they come out to $40/month for a circuit.. and there's no dial-tone

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Alex Balashov
You might be able to try ordering it from a CLEC that can provision it over UNE and sell it for considerably less. Depending on your area, their interconnection agreement, tariffs, etc. So, your mileage may vary. On Fri, 11 May 2007, Matt said something to this effect: Hi, Does anyone

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Jon Pounder
Hi, Does anyone know of a way to get a dry copper pair (also known as an alarm line) from Verizon for less than $20/end? I know we have been able to get them, but they come out to $40/month for a circuit.. and there's no dial-tone over it around here (Canada) its a tariffed service

RE: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Smith, Rick
: Friday, May 11, 2007 3:12 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair You might be able to try ordering it from a CLEC that can provision it over UNE and sell it for considerably less. Depending on your area, their interconnection

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Matt
Yeah tried that. The CLEC said that one end of the line has to end on their equipment. On 5/11/07, Alex Balashov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might be able to try ordering it from a CLEC that can provision it over UNE and sell it for considerably less. Depending on your area, their

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Matt
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Balashov Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 3:12 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair You might be able to try ordering it from a CLEC that can provision it over

RE: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Darren Wright
. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Smith, Rick Sent: Fri 5/11/2007 3:39 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair Let me see. Dry pair, $40 for the circuit. Hardware for each end, $0. Not paying verizon

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Jon Pounder
territory. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Balashov Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 3:12 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair You might be able to try ordering

RE: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread John Treble
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair Hi, Does anyone know of a way to get a dry copper pair (also known as an alarm line) from Verizon for less than $20/end?   I know we have been able to get them, but they come out to $40/month

RE: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Alex Balashov
On Fri, 11 May 2007, John Treble said something to this effect: Can you still do “homebrew” PTP T1 in the U.S. this way? I thought this was nixed by the ILEC/CLECs years ago. It's logically possible. But if you're trying to do T1 over a single pair, you'd have to break it out using

RE: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Jon Pounder
On Fri, 11 May 2007, John Treble said something to this effect: Can you still do “homebrew” PTP T1 in the U.S. this way? I thought this was nixed by the ILEC/CLECs years ago. It's logically possible. But if you're trying to do T1 over a single pair, you'd have to break it out using

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Matt
So we know, and I know, that a dry copper pair has no load coils, etc. Generally sells for about $20/line.. sometimes less. Is there something that iLEC will sell that has load coils in it? Like say, if I wanted to run voice over it, and didn't care about data? IE.. I know this is VoIP, but

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Alex Balashov
On Fri, 11 May 2007, Matt said something to this effect: Is there something that iLEC will sell that has load coils in it? Like say, if I wanted to run voice over it, and didn't care about data? I don't know that they'd necessarily sell you anything with load coils *per se*, especially

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread C F
Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair Hi, Does anyone know of a way to get a dry copper pair (also known as an alarm line) from Verizon for less than $20/end? I know we have been able to get them, but they come out to $40/month for a circuit.. and there's no dial-tone over

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Alex Balashov
On Fri, 11 May 2007, C F said something to this effect: Not according to Verizon (in my area anyhow), We tried it and it didn't work. The verizon technician insisted it wasn't real PTP copper and therefore anything but analog voice might/should not work. What is PTP copper? Unless it's an

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread C F
On 5/11/07, Alex Balashov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 11 May 2007, C F said something to this effect: Not according to Verizon (in my area anyhow), We tried it and it didn't work. The verizon technician insisted it wasn't real PTP copper and therefore anything but analog voice

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Jon Pounder
On 5/11/07, Alex Balashov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 11 May 2007, C F said something to this effect: Not according to Verizon (in my area anyhow), We tried it and it didn't work. The verizon technician insisted it wasn't real PTP copper and therefore anything but analog voice

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Greg Oliver
On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 18:44 -0400, Jon Pounder wrote: On 5/11/07, Alex Balashov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 11 May 2007, C F said something to this effect: Not according to Verizon (in my area anyhow), We tried it and it didn't work. The verizon technician insisted it wasn't

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Friday 11 May 2007 5:45 pm, Jon Pounder wrote: again, I'm interested to know anyone whose actually done this, and what the results were, since I have been thinking of the same thing for a while. I'd run about two dozen of these things using a variety of equipment. Pairgain SDSL modems

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Jon Pounder
Quoting Greg Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 18:44 -0400, Jon Pounder wrote: On 5/11/07, Alex Balashov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 11 May 2007, C F said something to this effect: Not according to Verizon (in my area anyhow), We tried it and it didn't work. The

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Friday 11 May 2007 7:46 pm, Jon Pounder wrote: well actually there is dialtone on the unprovisioned pairs for the most part, but you can only dial repair, the telco office or 911 on them. I am not sure if its all pairs or just pairs that had a line provisioned at one time. ANAC just replys

Re: [asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

2007-05-11 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 07:46:18PM -0400, Jon Pounder wrote: Wear a hardhat and toolbelt with a butt set hanging off it, and you'll easily penetrate the collective :) I've had many a conversation with a telco installer and for the most part if you know what you're talking about they