Method and apparatus for calculating the number of very high speed digital subscriber line nodes

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PATENT NO 6768777
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09604230

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A method is provided for estimating a number of digital subscriber line nodes (220, 230) required to supply, from a line supply source (200), a geographically distributed network of substantially sequentially numbered twisted pair lines with digital subscriber line service. The method comprises the steps of: storing, in number order, data entries for every twisted pair line of the network, each data entry comprising a pair number and a line length of the respective twisted pair line in relation to the line supply source (200); sorting the entries stored in the database by line length; isolating those sorted entries whose twisted pair lines have a line length greater than a predetermined maximum line length in relation to the line supply source (200); sorting the isolated entries by number; and discriminating, from the sorted isolated entries, the presence of discrete groupings of substantially contiguous entries.

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LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC1025 ELDORADO BLVD BROOMFIELD CO 80021

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Armiento, Craig A Acton, MA 23 236
Cooperman, Michael Framingham, MA 36 629
Forcucci, Albert M Roslindale, MA 2 2
Lovell, John W Sherborn, MA 10 144

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