If you’re a customer of AT&T’s U-verse service or have plain-old DSL Internet access, you may feel like you’re stuck in the slow lane, especially compared to your friends and neighbors who have cable Internet access. But you soon may be getting a speed boost.
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VSDL2 on steroids takes off as broadband over copper declines for first time
Broadband based on VDSL2 helped by a technology called vectoring is taking off, while older members of the DSL family are getting less popular as users around the works crave more bandwidth.
The need for more bandwidth is driven by users watching more high-definition video delivered over the Internet to an increasing number of devices including laptops, connected TVs, smartphones and tablets. Fiber all the way is the best option, but costs are dampening its growth.
“Nobody can afford to deploy full fiber to the premises throughout their networks. So everybody is looking for ways to satisfy customer demand without having to dig up too many trenches,” said Oliver Johnson, CEO at market research company Point Topic.
Here is where VDSL2 with vectoring comes in. Most households will be happy with getting download speeds at between 50Mbps and 60Mbps for the next couple of years, according to Johnson, and the technology has the capabilities to offer that.
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Pulse Electronics' DSL Splitter Module with Lightning and Power Fault Protection
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Pulse Electronics’ DSL Splitter Module with Lightning and Power Fault Protection
6-pin module is interchangeable for all global telecom standards
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pulse Electronics Corporation (NYS: PULS) , a leading provider of electronic components, introduces a central office (CO) VDSL2 splitter module with optional lightning and power fault protection. The module is designed with 6 pins, instead of the standard 4 pins. This enables a protective device, such as a sidactor, to be added on the board underneath the module and eliminates the need for a separate protection rack card, freeing up space for an extra multichannel card or to increase airflow for additional cooling. The pin location allows a fast-acting secondary over-voltage protector to be used to protect the filter from surge effects while maintaining good VDSL2 performance. The location may also help to meet ITU and Telcordia coordination requirements with any installed primary protectors, enabling selection of suitable secondary protectors to accommodate different countries and markets.
“Adding surge protection is becoming increasingly necessary as protection standards evolve, and being able to reduce the splitter module size is important as component density increases,” explained Ronan Kelly, Pulse Electronics broadband product manager. “Pulse’s new CO splitter module offers the customer a product to address these needs.”
Pulse Electronics‘ B8841PNL CO module is part of a family of products that have the same 6 pin footprint, so modules can be interchanged to address a specific target market without changing the rack cabinet connectivity. This pin configuration accommodates all global standards and is well-suited for use in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. It meets requirements for ETSI 600 ohm ADSL to VDSL2 applications and China YD/T 1187-2006 ADSL 600 ohms. The modules are used on a rack card in a DSLAM or within roadside cabinets to combine or split the POTS from DSL data.
The modules are sold in trays. Lead-time is typically 8-10 weeks. The part is production released and available for orders. More information on Pulse’s B8841PNL product family can be found on datasheet http://productfinder.pulseeng.com/products/datasheets/B1005.pdf located on the Pulse website at http://www.pulseelectronics.com/B8841PNL.
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FCC: US broadband providers deliver close to advertised speeds
U.S. broadband providers deliver nearly the residential broadband speeds they advertise, with a handful of large providers exceeding the promised service, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said in a new report.
On average, U.S. broadband providers surveyed in September delivered sustained speeds at 97 percent of advertised speeds, up slightly from the FCC’s July broadband report, and up from 87 percent in the agency’s August 2011 report.
The new report found that cable provider Comcast delivered 103 percent of promised download speeds during peak hours, Cablevision delivered 115 percent, Verizon’s Fios service delivered 118 percent, and satellite provider ViaSat’s Exede service delivered 137 percent. ViaSat offers 12Mbps download, and 3Mbps upload service for $49.99 to $129.99 a month, depending on the data cap.
Providers not meeting their advertised download speeds during peak hours included Qwest at 82 percent and Windstream at 81 percent. Verizon’s DSL service delivered 88 percent of advertised download speeds. The FCC report said AT&T’s speeds were 87 percent of advertised speeds, but a company spokesman disputed that characterization.
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