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DSL-Extender Brings Broadband 20km

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the maybe-i-can-have-dsl-at-long-last dept.

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.""

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  1. since everyone else has the techie side of this... by Itanshi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    battles for dslam... china hacking japan by way of korea...the information war is really picking up steam