[Outages-discussion] Backup internet

[Jay Ashworth]

I had never heard of that trick before. Is there a usoc code for that line?

On October 23, 2017 4:17:54 PM EDT, Andrew Latham <lathama at gmail.com> wrote:
>This is a common issue. Evil advice is to order an ADA compliant ISDN
>line
>for a Teletype. The telco is legally required to install it no
>questions
>asked but charge for it $40. In the process they will have to "fix the
>glitch" that kept them from running DSL in the first place. This was
>common
>back in the time of dialup in stopping the use of "slick96s".
>
>http://www.dslreports.com/faq/6570
>
>SLC96 (or Slick96)? <http://www.dslreports.com/faq/6570>
>A *SLC96 (also known as Slick 96)* is a Lucent Technologies "pair-gain"
>system that multiplexes 96 telephone lines onto eight pairs of
>twisted-pair
>wires. It is used extensively in the public telephone network to
>provide
>telephone service to areas that do not have enough twisted pairs to
>meet
>customer needs. The SLC96 actually uses four T1 circuits (24 lines per
>T1)
>to achieve the 96-line transport. The SLC96 is configured in a cabinet,
>one
>for inside rack-mount central-office use and the other (far end) as an
>outdoor cabinet. The circuit cards that are incorporated into the SLC96
>design are separate and redundant power cards, battery back-up for the
>remote end, common equipment (control) cards, and a separate card for
>every
>two lines that are multiplexed (48-line cards for a full system).
>
>
>
>On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Dovid Bender <dovid at telecurve.com>
>wrote:
>
>> So at home every few months cable can be less than reliable and
>manages to
>> go out right when I need it most. The local CLEC brought in a copper
>line
>> promised DSL and five months later came back "oops we can't support
>DSL for
>> your address". Any ideas on a "decent" backup solution? What I care
>about
>> most is a consistent connection. I have in the past used my cell
>phone as a
>> backup but the ping times can be up an down. When it comes to a
>cellular
>> connection how do I figure out which provider is going to have the
>lowest
>> latency in my area? I was thinking about satellite but the delay
>would kill
>> me on an SSH session. Any ideas?
>>
>>
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