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I have IFITL (PCData) service. Can I qualify for FastAccess Extreme?

April 26, 2017Extreme FastAccess IFITL PCData qualify service

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I have IFITL (PCData) service. Can I qualify for FastAccess Extreme?

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No. IFITL is not currently capable of Extreme 3.0 or 6.0. IFITL is restricted in speed because it is a shared 10Mb half-duplex ethernet LAN between 4-8 customers. Completely different ONU cards would be required on every single pedestal as well as some of the switches farther back in the network to allow any increases. Additionally, since the initial topology and equipment was abandoned by the vendor it would be a niche market with a finite expansion and no new growth potential for the vendor or the Telco. BST is working with a third party equipment vendor to provide higher speeds via IFITL, but no deployed equipment is currently capable and no official plans have been announced.