[LINK] NBN domestic installations

[Paul Brooks]

On 3/03/2016 8:34 PM, Kim Holburn wrote:
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> I have non-NBN VDSL2 through transACT.  When it goes through normal POTS copper you don't use a splitter, you just plug the VDSL2 pair straight into the modem.  I don't think VDSL2 plays nicely with normal POTS voice.  As I understand it, it doesn't play nicely with ADSL in the same node either.    

TransACT VDSL and VDSL2 was a special case.  The TransACT copper cable installed to
the house contained four separate twisted pairs, just like a conventional Cat 5
ethernet cable. With the older pre-standards VDSL in TransACT, the VDSL data signal
(for data and the TV SetTopBox) were on a separate pair from the pair that carried the
conventional POTS signal, so no splitter was required. When the older VDSL gear was
replaced with VDSL2, I would be very surprised if they bothered to combine them - they
are likely to still be provided on different pairs, each from different boxes in the
TransACT network cabinets (and you've probably also still got two spare pairs!).

VDSL2 on the rest-of-Australia copper network deployed by Telstra has the POTS signal
and VDSL2 signal superimposed on the same line pair - so a splitter is required.

Paul.



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