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Calculating Distance to Exchange

Slaanesh · 2007-01-31 10:57:22

Ok, I don't have broadband and can't get it at all and I'm not going to bother you all with my usual annoying spiel. Can I borrow a mates ADSL router, hook it up and calculate from line attenuation the distance to the exchange without having broadband? I know the exchange is DSL enabled, at least the main one is (think I'm…

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31-01-2007 11:57am

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Slaanesh

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Ok,

I don't have broadband and can't get it at all and I'm not going to bother you all with my usual annoying spiel.

Can I borrow a mates ADSL router, hook it up and calculate from line attenuation the distance to the exchange without having broadband? I know the exchange is DSL enabled, at least the main one is (think I'm hanging off a sub-exchange).

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#2 31-01-2007 12:19pm
Sponge Bob

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your dial up speed should be c 50k if you are within a mile of an exchange , best rule of thumb

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#3 31-01-2007 12:31pm
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No - you will only get an attenuation figure on a dsl modem after it has successfully trained - so broadband has to be enabled on the line to check it this way.

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