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BTInfinity 'upto' 40Mbps. What speed can we really expect?'

...newly laid fibre optic and the new roadside cabinet containing newly installed DSLAMs (the bit that converts the fibre into a copper connection to your... Read more

13 October, 2010
Design and Control of Next Generation Distribution Frames

Design and Control of Next Generation Distribution Frames

...Distribution Frames (MDF), which connect the subscriber lines to POTS and to DSLAMs, is still operated manually. However, new market regulations, allowing subscribers to change... Read more

5 May, 2011
Energy-Efficient Design and Optimization of Wireline Access Networks

Energy-Efficient Design and Optimization of Wireline Access Networks

...a significant source of energy consumption for wireline operators. Replacing large monolithic DSLAMs with smaller remote DSLAM units closer to customers can reduce the energy... Read more

27 March, 2011

Superfast ADSL planned for metro areas

Easynet has big plans for UK cities, including 8mbps ADSL in the near future and a follow-up that could include 32mbps broadband services. But it won't come cheap Read more

13 February, 2002 by Matt Loney
Do You Need a Broadband Remote Access Server?: Functionality and Trade-Offs of Using Smart <endeca_term>DSLAMs</endeca_term> and MSANs

Do You Need a Broadband Remote Access Server?: Functionality and Trade-Offs of Using Smart DSLAMs and MSANs

There are many misconceptions about the role of the DSL Forum's Broadband Network Gateway (BNG), better known as a... Read more

1 February, 2008
The Big Interview: Sir Terry Matthews

The Big Interview: Sir Terry Matthews

...Matthews, comparing it to the move from canals to railways. "Look at DSLAMs (DSL Access Multiplexer). They cost $1,000 per port four years ago... Read more

21 November, 2006 by Graeme Wearden
Ethernet and VPLS: The Keys to a Successful Triple-Play Network

Ethernet and VPLS: The Keys to a Successful Triple-Play Network

...grows. Consequently, carriers are rapidly changing their network infrastructure, migrating to IP DSLAMs instead of ATM DSLAMs and using Gigabit Ethernet for DSL aggregation instead... Read more

1 May, 2006

BT moves closer to universal broadband

...A second set of trials starts in December and also connects local DSLAMs to exchanges via fibre-optic, in this case replacing TPON installations. TPON... Read more

13 September, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

24Mbps broadband is here

...scheme "there are bound to be a few glitches". Be will use DSLAMs from Alcatel, and supply users with a Thompson 716g V5 wireless modem... Read more

1 September, 2005 by Tom Espiner

MPs urge more action on wireless broadband

...its recent broadband initiatives such as its registration scheme and its mini-DSLAMs, the telco did not escape criticism. Richard Allan MP pointed out that... Read more

26 March, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Ethernet promises cheaper broadband

...he is coming from. Ericsson's Ethernet DSL Access is based on DSLAMs (DSL access modules -- the systems which provide a DSL connection from the... Read more

27 November, 2002 by Peter Judge

'Midband' will ease the broadband divide, says BT

...distance over which ADSL will work, satellite and wireless broadband, and mini-DSLAMs. "We believe that by mid-2005, broadband services could be available to... Read more

19 November, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Superfast DSL hits the (metropolitan) streets

...Both services have been enabled by Easynet installing its own DSL equipment -- DSLAMs, or DSL Access Multiplexer -- in BT's exchanges. Using its own DSLAMs... Read more

12 April, 2002 by Matt Loney and Rupert Goodwins

BT owns up to ADSL cockup

...BT backbone via a BT exchange with BT Access Modules for DSL (DSLAMs). And in both cases, it is frankly a lottery whether it would... Read more

3 November, 2000 by Guy Kewney

BT CEO: "Cannibalise yourself"

...done because, guess what, we all buy the same stuff, the same DSLAMs [equipment for local exchanges]." When asked by silicon.com which company or... Read more

5 April, 2005 by Tony Hallett

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