Re: [asterisk-biz] Bandwidth via Dry Copper Pair

Apologies for the top post…

 

First, I don’t think the telco is going to let you do this. They caught on to this a long time ago in most places.

 

If you’re close enough for copper can you do wireless? (Licensed for reliability – Should nearly match any copper circuit)

 

Another option is metro Ethernet. I think we could probably swing point-to-point metro Ethernet from our local CLEC for <$1000 per month.

 

The only thing I can think of that would probably be kosher with all involved would be to become a DSL reseller through your xLEC but even if they still do that you’re probably looking at a significant investment there.

 

The other side of this is that if you do manage to get something running on dry copper you have no SLA. What happens when/if the xLEC makes a change to your pair that results in loss of service? All they’ve likely guaranteed is connectivity between 400 Hz and 3 kHz. They won’t want to hear that your xDSL no longer runs on it and your client won’t want to hear that it’s not your fault.

 

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From: asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of JARROD LASH
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:22 AM
To: asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com
Subject: [asterisk-biz] Bandwidth via Dry Copper Pair

 

I have a customer who is buying hosted PBX and voip service from me and is using about 10 megs of bandwidth to connect all of his phones to his hosted pbxes.  So to make calls I have account for the 10 megs in and the 10 megs out to other sip providers. 

His connection to me is done over the public internet using about 15 or so DSL connections.  I have his servers in the local CO where I have a few racks and other equipment.

My questions is this.. Is it still possilbe to buy dry copper pairs and if so how much are they, what is the telcom buzzword (I have heard of UNI-T but Im not so sure), and what equipment do I need?  What I want to do is replace his DSL's where he buys his connectivity from me (generating more revenue) and to lower my internet costs (saving money) by dropping 10 meg to internet.  I have been doing a lot of reading on this subject and was wondering if anyone else on this list has done this.

Ive read that a dry copper pair can carry 2 megs of data and you can bond them together with certain devices made by guys such as PairGain/ADC or Hatteras.

Anyone here ever do this?

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