[LINK] ADSL woes

[Karl Schaffarczyk]

>Linkers,
>I was going to shift to ADSL soon, but much to my disappointment I 
>found out that because my housing estate has fiber to the 
>substation, then copper to the house, ADSL is not an option.  The 
>guy from Telstra told me two ADSL options:
>1) ask for a transposition, which I think means the line would be 
>changed to straight-through copper IF there was a line available in 
>my substation and takes a minimum 6 weeks even if it is available
>2) Telstra is trialling a new tech solution in ACT, NSW and Brisbane 
>that bridges across the fibre network and eliminates this problem. 
>He had no news on the timeframe for this trialling.
>and one cable option which is too expensive and is a lock in for a 
>2yr contract.
>
>Questions for link:
>- Has anyone done the first option with an ADSL reseller and succeeded?
>- Does anyone have any inside info re the Telstra trials of this new 
>tech and when it may be available?
>
>Thanks
>Jan


Hi Jan,
as a supplier of ADSL services, we find that transposition requests 
are usually quite effective. They usually have the side-effect of 
improving modem performance on your line too (sometimes the 
opposite). There's nothing really to be lost by trying this route.

The new technology stuff - minimux cards for RIMs - appears to be 
working for our customers, although we have had a few customers 
where they had the ADSL connected and not working for up to two 
months - it looks like they have some more ironing out of teething 
troubles before they deploy thhe minimux cards widely.

Regards
Karl
=8)

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