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- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Path: FreeNet.Carleton.CA!an171
- From: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Subject: Re: New modem with 320kbps to 6mbps over normal phone lines!!!
- Message-ID: <DL04wr.GzB@freenet.carleton.ca>
- Sender: an171@freenet2.carleton.ca (Anthony Hill)
- Reply-To: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- References: <4cvjod$6k8@ns2.ptd.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 05:36:26 GMT
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- (mantis@postoffice.ptd.net) writes:
- > Yes, when I recently found out about a new type of modem in development
- > that offered 320kbps to 6mbps over normal phone lines, I was ecstatic!
- > Its pretty new, and I don't know much but I just thought that others
- > would like to know. If you don't believe me, or just want to learn a
- > little more visit www.cnet.com
-
- What's important is not whether or not it runs over regular phone
- LINES, but whether or not it runs over regular analog residential phone
- switching equipment (it doesn't). T1 lines have been availible for some
- time now, they transfer data at about 1.5mbps over what could be consider
- a "regular phone line", but those lines are set up quite differently, and
- cost a LOT more then what you've got running into your home. Unforutnatly
- the switching equipment in use today limits modems to an absolute
- theoretical maximum of 64kbps, and there's no chance that we'll ever get
- too close to that max. For higher speeds you'll have to look either to
- some form of digital connection (of which there are many), or new
- switching equipment. As far as modems go, I seriously doubt we'll see
- anything higher then 33.6 for at least another year and a half to two
- years.
-
- Anthony
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- Anthony Hill | an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
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