I know of someone that was recently able to get Uverse Internet installed at their house (12mbps). What type of Internet is this? Is it some form of DSL?
The line is run on the same copper lines that have always been there. A new fiber optic fed DSLAM was recently activated about 8000ft away, and the copper lines are running from that DSLAM to the NID, with fiber being fed into the DSLAM.
What is the maximum distance that this set up can provide service for? There are some other people in the area that are probably between 17,000 and 18,000 feet away from this DSLAM (I am assuming they are hook to that DSLAM and I'm assuming the route is taking the shortest distance along the road, so I know there are some assumptions being made).
The reason I ask is because this person that recently got Uverse Internet got the run around from AT&T. They said they could get it, then told them they couldn't, then told them they could, then couldn't. It took staying on them and actually forcing them to have someone come out and check and it turns out they could get it. So I'm not that confident in AT&T's system of being able to determine if an address can get Internet service.
I've heard the numbers 15,000ft and 18,000ft thrown around in terms of maximum distance. I know this location I'm referring to is, at best, on the outer reaches of being able to be serviced. I'm assuming that even if service were available, it wouldn't be capable of 12mbps. I'm just wondering if it's worth trying to force a technician to come out and check for service availability at this location or if they are just really beyond the limits of servicability.
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