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ADSL Broadband

ADSL Broadband. how it works the local network the bigger picture the local picture. Julian Pratt Openreach. How does it work?. ADSL Broadband is delivered over a standard BT telephone line

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ADSL Broadband

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  1. ADSL Broadband how it works the local network the bigger picture the local picture Julian Pratt Openreach

  2. How does it work? • ADSL Broadband is delivered over a standard BT telephone line • Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) is a technology for bringing high-bandwidth information to homes and small businesses over ordinary telephone lines

  3. Downstream (up to 8mbits/s+) Upstream (up to 256kbits/s) Voice & Data • Web access & talk on the same line at the same time • Two services over the same copper pair • Two bills • Two types of fault process PSTN Local Loop End-User Local Exchange DATA Network

  4. ADSL exchange connection Main Distribution Frame Copper Access Network Remove Exchange (Dial Tone) Line Side Exch Side ADSL & voice In/Out voice In/Out Internet Link (Data) ADSL Mux

  5. End-user splitters (filters) • Two main types NTE2000 Service Specific Front Plate Micro Filter Micro filters typically supplied by ISP

  6. UK market structure Infrastructure Providers Service Providers End Users BT Wholesale Internet Service Providers BT Retail Virgin Media CPW O2 Tiscali Entanet etc openreach Homes LLU & OLOs Businesses Cable BT is both a wholesaler and a retailer

  7. DSL performance • The performance of DSL on any given line in the access network is a function of the signal to noise ratio at the end of that line: • Signal is affected by the length, quality and dimensions of the copper (and sometime aluminium) cable, • Noise can come from • network crosstalk (directly related to the “fill” level of the cables in use,) • sources in the home or premises (including home wiring) • sources in the environment e.g. RFI from other electrical equipment • Geographic coverage achieved at any given speed also depends on • the topology of the access network • the statistical distribution of line lengths These factors are identical for anyone operating DSL on BT’s access network

  8. Points of Help • Distance, an attempt will be made to provide service on every line unless a previous attempt failed, check on http://eco.btwholesale.com/broadband1/ • Customer wiring quality • http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ Very useful site, lots of info • http://www.Thinkbroadband.com/faq/sections/radsl.html#235 Good set of FAQs • http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/205881/double-your-broadband-for-free.html?searchString=double+your+speed Specifically addresses speed issues • http://www.thinkbroadband.com/files/broadband-max-myths-and-legends.pdf this has a particularly useful section on how to repair home wiring • http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/3859-top-10-tips-on-how-to-improve-your-broadband-speeds.html

  9. iPlate( http://www.thinkbroadband.com/tools/phone-socket-identification.html )

  10. Thank you

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