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| Thread ID: 83155 | 2007-09-21 09:45:00 | Rural broadband and distance from the exchange | excelsa (5950) | Press F1 |
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| 593446 | 2007-09-21 09:45:00 | I understand that the main problem with rural ADSL broadband is that it won't reach beyond 3 or 4 km from the local telephone exchange. Why is there no way of boosting the signal (amplifying?) to make it go further? | excelsa (5950) | ||
| 593447 | 2007-09-21 09:47:00 | The more you boost the signal, the greater the frequency distortion which is why they have a max distance limitation. The other probelm with rural locations is the signal interferance from electric fences. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 593448 | 2007-09-21 10:19:00 | these days its not really distance from exchange, its the distance from the road side box. where that is and IF telecom will spend the $$$ to put one in is another story. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 593449 | 2007-09-21 10:24:00 | these days its not really distance from exchange, its the distance from the road side box. where that is and IF telecom will spend the $$$ to put one in is another story. And the distance from the nearest roadside box up your driveway to your house. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 593450 | 2007-09-21 10:31:00 | And the distance from the nearest roadside box up your driveway to your house. ???? :confused: |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 593451 | 2007-09-21 10:40:00 | ???? :confused: Some rural locations have long driveways running between two electric fences located a fair distance from a Telecom roadside cabinet. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 593452 | 2007-09-21 11:08:00 | of course. if you have a 4-5 km driveway you might out of luck even if the box is at the front gate. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 593453 | 2007-09-21 11:24:00 | of course. if you have a 4-5 km driveway you might out of luck even if the box is at the front gate. :D :D :D :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 593454 | 2007-09-21 11:35:00 | The more you boost the signal, the greater the frequency distortion which is why they have a max distance limitation. That's not quite true on either count. The primary distance limitation is high frequency losses and overall signal attenuation, not distortion per se. Of course Telecom could boost the launch level, but then they'd overload local consumers so that wouldn't be a runner either. The return path from your computer would need amplification as well and that might possibly upset a neighbour or two as well. Installing bi-directional line amps (repeaters) at regular intervals as for undersea cables would be too expensive so until the technology takes another leap or they run fibre backbones through rural areas you are stuffed. You could try satellite, but that's a downlink only service so you'd still have dial-up speeds for sending. Checkmate. :( Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 593455 | 2007-09-21 16:02:00 | You could try satellite, but that's a downlink only service so you'd still have dial-up speeds for sending. Checkmate. :( Cheers Billy 8-{) My older brother has satalite broadband and it is a bloody lot faster and more reliable than his neighbours Xtra broadband (rural) The average joe blow sends very little. |
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