[asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

[Stephen Bosch]

Alex Balashov wrote:
> On Fri, 11 May 2007, John Treble said something to this effect:
> 
>> Can you still do “homebrew” PTP T1 in the U.S. this way?  I thought
>> this was nixed by the ILEC/CLECs years ago.
> 
>   It's logically possible.  But if you're trying to do T1 over a single
> pair, you'd have to break it out using HDSL/PairGain sort of line
> equipment, since you obviously can't install field repeaters or do any
> span conditioning yourself.  From then on it's a crapshoot and really
> just depends on whether the copper is of quality, distance,
> specifications, etc. that can support the specification.  There's no way
> for them to "nix"
> that, really, other than possibly keeping load coils or other constraining
> stuff on the facilities that tends to need to be removed for various
> high-speed data line / private line applications.

The copper is so decrepit in so many places that it's really
questionable whether this is even worth considering.

There are just too many variables outside your control.

-Stephen-