DSL-Extender Brings Broadband 20km

An anonymous reader writes "Whirlpool outlines Telstra's new DSL deployment: "Telstra announced a trial of the technology back in January, saying it would allow DSL to be connected to people who were up to 20km from a central exchange. DSL Extenders work by splitting an existing copper phone line into eight separate ADSL lines using a tiny, ruggedised remote DSLAM.""

Comments

Re:As rugged as they claim?

[grumling]

I'd like to know if they were serving DSL through a submersed DSLAM during the testing phase. I'd really like to know if works as well as they claim.

Well, if the gaskets hold up, it may even work better, since it will be water cooled.

HENRICO COUNTY BROADBAND

[0110011001110101]

I hear henrico county is giving away 4 year old "gently used" broadband for only $50 lifetime membership!!

Come quick, theres only 1,000 memberships left, and, oh yeah, bring a folding chair,waterproof pants, extra stroller, and riot gear if possible, it's gonna be one hellava fight, but a good beat down is always worth free crap right?

In Tokyo....

[djfray]

Thanks to Telstra's latest creation, citizens within a twenty mile radius were alerted to Godzilla's rampaging battle with the creature of the same name.

Re:As rugged as they claim?

[dsginter]

I'd like to know if they were serving DSL through a submersed DSLAM during the testing phase.

Why? Do you have a submarine in need of broadband connectivity or something? ;)

Re:Remote DSLAMs

[Anonymous Struct]

It'll bring a whole new meaning to the term 'next hop'

I was impressed

[dfn5]

Until I converted to miles.

*ahem* "Ruggedized"

[IorDMUX]

I've been seeing this word quite often in datasheets of chips we use in the lab. (Like here, in the Description.) My first impression was a small, black IC with a confederate flag painted on top... perhaps some unnecessary facial hair, as well.

Now, the word 'rugged' comes from the Scadanavian word for 'shaggy'. However, the popular cowboy mentality has managed to transform 'unkempt' into 'robust', as evidenced by the definition for 'ruggedize':
--to strengthen (as a machine) for better resistance to wear, stress, and abuse--

I'm going to assume, then, that my chip contains a powerful Texan spirit that herds the current like the stampeding mass of electrons that it is.