From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Sep 5 12:17:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA26438 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 12:17:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.mexcom.net (mail.mexcom.net [206.103.64.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA26431 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 12:16:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sunix (eculp@sunix.mexcom.net [206.103.64.3]) by mail.mexcom.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA26373; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 14:16:44 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <34105A95.1629FBA9@mexcom.net> Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 14:16:37 -0500 From: Edwin Culp Organization: Mexico Communicates, S.C. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; Linux 2.0.14 i586) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Felipe Rivera Marquez CC: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what does an isp has to have to offer 56k access??? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Felipe Rivera Marquez wrote: > > Hi there. > > Recentrly i talked with a friend (he also reads this list) about > what is needed to offer 56k access... he says that only the 56k modems > nothing else... but for what i know you need something with a digital > interface to a E1 that talks to your modem modules... (like an ascend term > server or something like that). > > What is the truth??? :) That is the issue that I have been trying to understand and feel that the 56k (recieve only) modems are possibly a slight improvement over the 28,800 ( Tech quality ) nothing else. I still don't understand how to transmit over analog lines at 56K for these modems to recieve. > > I guess that a lot of isp's don't want to waste their investment > on multiport cards or cisco routers.... any lights on this??? > > Thanx!! > > Felipe Rivera M. > felipe@informador.com.mx >