Finally on teksavvy

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 07:52:18AM -0400, James Knott wrote:
> Modulation methods have improved greatly over the years and you also
> have to be close to Bell's fibre.  Generally, they'll bring the
> fibre into your neighborhood and connect to the copper pair into
> your home.  CAT3 has been in common use for many years, though I'm
> not sure about the overhead drop cables.

The house is from the mid 1970s, so whatever cable bell put in the ground
back then is what is here.

Pretty sure the fiber goes to bell's box down the street, so not far.
So yes it isn't that long a cable run they are doing high speed on
anymore.

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Len Sorensen
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