Re: DSL - A modem is a modem is a modem, right?

On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:05:40 -0500, msg <msg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Indeed. It is mounted on a bulkhead 15 feet up so that adds to the
challenge (extra points allotted?).

Yep. You get extra credit for doing that. By coincidence, I'm doing
a DSL and network wiring job and install this afternoon. The MPOE is
located 4 meters off the ground, directly over a small swamp. No easy
place to plant the ladder. I tried to convince AT&T to move it to
ground level, but they wanted too much money to fix their own mistake.

Too bad the FCC site has been purging material older than 10 years;
products which had a long life cycle (the 5861 evidently well into
the new millennium) are gone since the original filing is now too
old.

Argh. I didn't realize they were doing that. However, I doubt that
the 5861 is that old. I got DSL when it first arrived in this area in
mid 1999. At the time, the hot ticket was the Alcatel 1000 DSL modem,
a true piece of junk. The integrated DSL/router conglomerations came
several years later.

No doubt it has a watchdog, however the logs confirm no spontaneous
reboots (only after known power failures since it isn't on an UPS).
Just seems well engineered.

Sound good enough for me. Will it do 6Mbits/sec thruput?

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