Anyone have the inside scoop as to when CenturyLink to be rolling out VDSL2+ to the DSLAMS serving rural customers in the west Caldwell, Idaho area (example 83605 zip code).
For a few of my tech clients out there, they recently upgraded to 7mbit down. Which is a nice improvement, but the speed is still pretty iffy. Lots of people trying to stream netflix or youtube getting some annoying buffering.
For example, two of my clients who live 600ft from each other:
* Client 1 is on the 1.5mbit down/768kb package and gets 1.3mbit/.46mbit throughput. They say they have 7mbit available for him.
* client 2 wants to order DSL (He is on wireless right now), but calling CenturyLink can get 1.5mbit package but tell them that his line isn't great so don't expect wonders.
I realize it is not feasible to run fiber out to these rural areas as they have in my more dense neighborhood where I enjoy 40/20 service. But it certainly would be nice if there was a roll-out plan to get VDSL2+ hubs feeding these areas. Even if it didn't mean the highest packages - more important that these rural customers could get a very solid 7-10mbit. And VDSL2+ deals with bad lines and distances better than the ADSL2 they are currently on.
Please subscribe to this thread if rural CL areas interest you. I'd love to keep a dialog open for any of us to post info as it comes up. I know the dense inner city folks get the best first - but it would be great to know if there are plans to bring the rural areas into the next gen stuff. Lots of people out there waiting for capacity that plays youtube without the buffer pains.
(somewhat related post http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r28285446-Some-tips-for-CenturyLink-from-Cableone-modem-hard-limit-set)
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