We have a few bits of Cisco LRE kit that we keep for use in the "oh
f*ck, all we've got is a bit of wet string" situations (normally when
someone does something terrible to a fibre, or we want a temporary link
somewhere). Works very well.
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ian
D.P.Round wrote:
> Andrews Peter Mr (ITCS) wrote:
>> Hey Mike..
>>
>> One surreal idea I had for our grade 1* listed buildings was, for a
>> laugh, I threw into a meeting that instead of going from analogue
>> telephony to VoIP.. that it might be an idea to use the phone lines
>> to deliver data via ADSL/DSL!! To my surprise there were nods around
>> the table... but, actually, thinking on it - that may be the way we
>> have to go!!
>>
>> It's a bit bizarre for a Friday afternoon - but it's an option! ;)
>>
>
> It is an interesting idea. If you fitted your own ADSL kit (DSLAM?) in
> your campus exchange then it need not be that expensive - compared to
> running cables through a grade 1 building which is also contaminated
> with asbestos (we have one of them), it could even be the cheap option!
>
> Thanks for the interesting thought
>
> David
>
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ian
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