On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Jonas | Lamu Software < jonas@lamusoftware.com> wrote:
On 07/24/2010 03:27 PM, [ Brainiac ] wrote:
Does this mean i can access KDN ADSL whenever I have a TELKOM land line?
No, your closest phone station (central office) must have the right equipment (and capacity is usually limited so it may be full). But considering ADSL is available in Lamu your phone station in Nbo is probably prepared. You can't be too far from your phone station but that is usually not a problem.
I thought ADSL range was limited to some Km, measured in terms of some bird's flight, from the CO:-). It was about 5km from the CO, if without repeaters. Maybe technology has changed, thereby removing the limitation. Does KDN offer ADSL or SHDSL, btw?
and on another different line, can i have KDN ADSL and Orange Livebox
service on the same line? or should i have another line for redundancy?
You would need a second line. Sometimes operators share the equipment at the phone station - in that case another ADSL as backup would not make sense. If not maybe but if your phone lines go down you are stuck anyway so better get a WiMax connection for backup (or just a 3G connection).
A solution with a 3G router that can switch to the 3G connection when the ADSL connection goes down automatically is good. There are quite cheap routers for that - http://www.dovado.com/ - haven't seen them in Kenya but available from SA or Europe - http://www.infoferenda.eu
I've seen some TP-Link that can use 3G router as fallback when main link
goes down, but yes, these may not be suitable since they are not DSL routers. If you don't get a Dovado, you can fall back to one of these - just use them as a "client" to the DSL router than you have :) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube