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jonas@lamusoftware.com <mailto:
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 :)
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