On Tue, 2 Oct 2001 20:07:25 +1200, you wrote:

>>From: "Wayne Kampjes" <Wayne.Kampjes@telecom.co.nz>
>
>>At the moment marketing hype. Particularly the no jumper bit - how does
>>the cable re-terminate itself to the DSLAM line card?
>
>The marketing hype is pretty convincing though.
>
>The way I read the blurb is that they have combined many physical layer
>protocols into one. Thus a single line card in the DSLAM will support POTs,
>ISDN, E1 and a few other digital access protocols.
>
>At present a Teleco would have different termination cards for each line
>discipline at the exchange and has to terminate one or two pairs on those
>cards when a service is provisioned, or in the case of DSL, jumper the POTs
>across to the DSLAM as well.
>
>The concept of G.SHDSL is to have a copper pair terminate at a single card
>in the DSLAM, the service is provisioned by the choice of CPE, all services
>are provisioned over a DSL line.
>
>"Would you like a primary rate or four basic rates Mr Customer" - Click -
>sounds to good to be true. I assume this blurb comes from DSLAM
>manufacturers :)
>
>Nice in theory, if you have no existing exchange infrastucture and a spare
>unbundled local loop lying around.
>
>Cheers
>
>BG.
>
>
>
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I find this quite interesting. I recently had a chat with a Clear tech
who was configuring one of their new large grey boxes which are full
of cards, power supplies, and batteries, (not to mention more than a
couple of fans) I got the distinct impression that on any line pair
they could provide practically any service all for the price of
flipping some bits.

--
Cheers for now
Ross Dawson.
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