Some can at least. I used Netopia SDSL routers without a DSLAM around twenty years ago to serve "high speed internet" in town in the US (Easton Maryland) a few

Some can at least. I used Netopia SDSL routers without a DSLAM around twenty years ago to serve "high speed internet" in town in the US (Easton Maryland) a few years before they managed to get municipal broadband.