On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:30:24 -0600, "Martin H. Eastburn"
wrote:

DSL has a limited length in feet or meters.
Not miles. The twisted pair goes to a server bay then to optic.
Many cities are optic in the front yard or at the corner.

8000 feet qualifies as more than one mile, doesn't it? We cite that (in
English) as 1.515 Miles, not 1.515 Mile.

Standard DSL requires a total drop of no more than 8Kft. from the R.T. to
the customer's modem device. Even old copper (30+ years in the air)
works fine at that distance, so long as there are not ground faults or
excessive leakage between conductors.

LLoyd