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[Tom Low-Shang]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 12:02:23PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 25/7 is VDSL2.  12/1 and 16/1 are ADSL2.  You can use your own modem
> for the 12 and 16, but you must rent a cellpipe 7130 from Bell for the
> 25/7.

The single vendor lock-in for the modem is the main reason I went with
the 16Mb service.

> Well since VDSL2 is the Bell Fibe system, it is actually much closer
> to you thn ADSL is.  They run fiber to the node near you and then have
> the DSLAM equipment there to provide the VDSL2 link to your phone
> line.  So a much shorter haul of analog for the internet bit.  VDSL2
> can't go nearly as far as ADSL obviously, hence why they had to do it
> this way to get that kind of speed.

Most people on 12 or 16Mb ADSL2 service are also connected to a remote
DSLAM. The remotes are not exclusively for VDSL.

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