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- From: kks@kiuru.cs.tut.fi (Saarela Kimmo)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga and ISDN
- Date: 15 Jan 1996 22:12:33 +0200
- Organization: Tampere University of Technology (CS)
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- In article <peterk.0jxy@combo.ganesha.com> peterk@combo.ganesha.com
- (Dr. Peter Kittel) writes:
-
- >
- >Interesting side note: their lines are roughly 625 times faster than 56k
- >ISDN. At least, that's what the bandwidth of coaxial cables is: 35 Mbps
- >(compared to ISDN's 56 Kbps).
-
- At least here in Germany, ISDN is 2 channels with 64 kbps plus 1 channel
- with 16 kbps, no 56 anywhere. Our Web server has such a 64 kbps connection
- to our provider.
-
-
- USA and Europe use different telecomm standards. In ISDN that means
- either 56 kbps or 64 kbps depending on which side of the ocean the
- modems are supposed to work.
-
- The same goes for higher hierarchies, basic rates are 2.048 Mbps in
- Europe, that's E1, and 1.5something Mbps for USA, where it is called
- T1.
-
- Unfortunatelly, as a German I wouldn't speak that much ;-) The
- authorities and some other important people have seen the light
- already with ISDN, at 64 kbps. While rest of the world is looking for
- E1/T1 and above solutions.
-
- Btw. how fast could a data interface for an Amiga be? What I'm
- currently looking for is something like, starting from,E 2 Mbps. Any
- add-on cards?
-
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