copper congestion enquiry

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sdavisnz

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Topic # 150472 23-Jul-2014 23:06

Hey guys/ISP's,

Just wondering if there is a statistic or knowledge base on the speed increase on copper lines due to the congestion reduced as a byproduct of people/business on the Fibre network now? Are copper customers getting better quality service/speed these days?

Or maybe it's the same as people are increasingly using on demand services so there is the same strain on the copper network.

I'm a Fibre customer but just curious for my copper friends.

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Reply # 1094585 23-Jul-2014 23:06

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Reply # 1094635 24-Jul-2014 07:23

Their is no congestion on the copper network except for people in some areas who are stuck on ATM based kit such as Conklins and some ASAMS. As I'd pick there are very few (if any) people in these areas who would have fibre, the impact would be minimal.

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Reply # 1094812 24-Jul-2014 11:32

I think our OP is talking about inter pair cross-talk
(Think Go Large)

Back when Go Large was offered by Telecom, the extra cross talk between pairs running down the street in a trunk cable caused users 4.5kms from the DSLAM who would sync at a max of 400kbits then dropped to absolutely nothing - since they had the most interference to deal with, and all the extra data travelling down the lines was causing much more of it.

Since the cabinetisation program was rolled out, the loop lengths were shortened and so many of the users who are on these longer lines that are subject to cross-talk interference are probably not going to expierence the same issues.
They are also in areas where UFB is not being rolled out and so they probably wont see much of an improvement.

But there is still potential in some fringe areas to see sync speeds increase where you are ~3 to 4kms from a cabinet which may still be located within a UFB area.

Ray Taylor
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