Why on earth have you woken up a 2014 thread? (Maybe a removed spam post did it and you didn�t notice).

Quite apart from your calculation of your FTTC distance is wrong; G.Fast wasn�t around until 2017; and even if it had been isn�t relevant to the OP�s question.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Why on earth have you woken up a 2014 thread?

I know its normal for threads on this forum to be left open but because of that it does allow for these sort of things to happen

I do think there is a case for once a thread has been dormant for x period of time (say 6 months) they could be locked, they can always be referenced in a new thread if required/relevant.

It could be coded in so it locks automatically after x period of time so not to cause any additional work for the moderators

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Why on earth have you woken up a 2014 thread?

What wrong with it? The forum are always open & no matter what year is it. I could post here in 20 years time! haha

Post deleted by busterboy

Edited by busterboy (Tue 28-Jan-20 21:51:28)

But "My FTTC was approx 242m away but FTTC Cabinet to PSTN cabinet are within 50m to make it 292m away" is still incorrect arithmetic.

If my line length are 242m from my master socket to FTTC cabinet, then how many metres from the FTTC cabinet to PSTN cabinet?

Your master socket does not go to the FTTC cabinet. It goes direct to the PCP. From there the signal in either direction goes to the DSLAM in the FTTC cabinet then returns, with the VDSL2 either added (downstream from your point of view) or removed (upstream from your point of view), depending on direction of signal.

Your FTTC distance is the distance to the PCP (P) plus the distance from that to the FTTC (D) cabinet. You said distance to the FTTC cabinet plus the distance to the PCP. You said:-

My FTTC was approx 242m away but FTTC Cabinet to PSTN cabinet are within 50m to make it 292m away

Take two simple cases using your 242m to the FTTC cabinet. I'll use 50m as the distance between the two cabinets but the actual value doesn't matter:-

1) The PCP is between you and the FTTC cabinet, in a straight line. FTTC distance is the distance to the FTTC cab, 242m.

2) The FTTC cabinet is between you and the PCP in a straight line, which is sort of what you described. FTTC distance is the distance to the PCP (242 + 50 = 292 as you calculated) plus another 50m for the link between the two. 342m. The signal from you has to go to the PCP then to the FTTC then back to the PCP.

Post deleted by RobertoS, it was duplicated due to lag.

Edited by RobertoS (Wed 29-Jan-20 01:53:47)