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you can obtain the skill to test it. I think the main problem for @thiggins is just obtaining the gear required as he doesnt buy them, he gets them gifted/loaned.
For fibre optics you dont need something like a DSLAM because of the nature of it, you can just plug 2 fibre modems together and actually start testing. Essentially a fibre optic modem only requires a converter which would have a spec of range and throughput so not much testing needed here but for fibre optics the cable used and how it is used matters more. This holds true even for GPON or GEPON.
Cable and DOCSIS and DSL are the complicated ones. If you want to test 100m+ of cabling just buy 100m+ of cable and connect one end to modem and other end to a DSLAM maybe? By rolling the cable and making it compact it should fit into your house. Many of the monopolised ISPs use cable and DSL so this is one of the reasons for the difficulty/limitations.
For fibre optics you dont need something like a DSLAM because of the nature of it, you can just plug 2 fibre modems together and actually start testing. Essentially a fibre optic modem only requires a converter which would have a spec of range and throughput so not much testing needed here but for fibre optics the cable used and how it is used matters more. This holds true even for GPON or GEPON.
Cable and DOCSIS and DSL are the complicated ones. If you want to test 100m+ of cabling just buy 100m+ of cable and connect one end to modem and other end to a DSLAM maybe? By rolling the cable and making it compact it should fit into your house. Many of the monopolised ISPs use cable and DSL so this is one of the reasons for the difficulty/limitations.