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Re: DSL good enough to run a small server on?



Your ISP should have DSL POPs setup around the area dueto the fact that
DSL is distant sensitive.


On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, shadow wrote:

> The 15,200 foot limit ..is that physically from the central office or can it be
> from one of the "outhouse" switching station. I've been wondering if those
> little outhouses were the digital to analog switching and if that would
> qualify. I am out in the middle of nowhere but I have one of those outhouses
> not far from where my dirt road hits the pavement which is less than 2 miles
> away.
> Robert
> On 22-Aug-99 John Foster wrote:
> > Andri Bell wrote:
> >> 
> >> My local phone company sends me ads every week for a dsl account and I'm
> >> wondering if it is good enough to run a small server on since it is 24
> > 
> > GTE is my phone company in Plano, Tx. and my ISP is August Associates in
> > Irving, Tx.
> > 
> > The real drawback to using this type of connection is your location
> > relative to the location of the phone company central office. If you are
> > more than 15,200 feet away you will not have good service, though it may
> > still work. The closer you are together the better. The other thing is
> 
> 
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