Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 00:36:45 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> Cc: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Max T1. Throughput? Message-ID: <390E777D.FBBFBC6D@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004241805280.42785-100000@ren.sasknow.com> <3908C23B.177C942D@softweyr.com> <20000427184630.B40387@jade.chc-chimes.com>
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Bill Fumerola wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 04:42:03PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > > > You should also note that DSL and T1 have nothing to do with each other. > > Ameritech recently delivered a DS-1 to a friend of mine in the form of DSL > to his location and a device to give a ds-1 signal through the DSL. > > TELCO ----DSL---> MAGIC-DEVICE ---DS-1--> DS1 equipment > > The magic device was actually at his house. That magic device would be a... switch! I can show you how to do the same with Frame Relay, ATM of any flavor, Ethernet at 10/100/1000 mbps, Token Ring at 4 and 16 mbps, FDDI, CDDI, and just about anything else you'd care to name, all in the same chassis. Repeat after me: DSL is ATM over copper wire. Nothing more, nothing less, nothing magic. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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