OT: VERY SIMPLE HOME NETWORK

[Bill Vermillion]

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On Sun, Dec 26 19:06  Ed Olmstead said: 

> Verizon sent be a Westell (WireSpeed) DSL modem, two phone line
> filters (to get rid of interference on voice line from DSL).
> I ported that into Linsys Wireless router (encrypted). All
> works fine other than Verizon DSL dropping out several times
> a day. In California, they offer some reasonable packages for
> phone service that include unlimited long distance, etc. Not
> available other places.

And Verizon has other offerings that are just starting to roll
out. FTTP - Fiber To The Premises. They deliver all your services
on fiber and the prices are amazing.  Huntington Beach CA,
and Tampa and part of Hillsborough Co are next in line.

IP pricing is currently being priced at $34.95 for 5Mbit/s down
and 2Mbit/s up with a local/long-distance package. 15Mb/s down
and 2Mb/s up will be $44.95.  The pricing for 30Mbit/s down
will be announced later.

They expect to pass by 1,000,000 homes by years end - and more
by next year.  They are cutting back on the amount they are
spending to roll out DSL and moving that to the FTTP.

The government regulations changing the rules on what telcos have
to share, and the competition from cable for IP phone services
have put the telcos into high gear.   And using the FTTP concept
means that HD video can be delivered on individual pipes instead
of the shared segments that cable is offering.

In the end it will mean everyting will be cheaper for all, and 
DSL will probably evaporate as the needs for higher speed for
video/mutli-media push the bandwidth demands higher.  You start
running into problems as you push higher and higher frequencies
onto metal.

Bill
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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com