Re: 56K Troubles: Anyone for sharing/comparing?

Sherwood Portmaster-List (livingston@iav.com)
Fri, 29 Aug 1997 09:35:51 -1000 (HST)

On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Stephen Zedalis wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Jon Rust wrote:
>
> >Maybe we can find a common thread here. Again, I'm a little confused
> >since we can get such good connect rates with v.34, but can't do anything
> >with K56Flex.
> >
> >GTE covers most of the local area. They use SLC-5's almost everywhere. My
> >4 PRI's come directly out of a GTD-5. 2 of them originate from another
> >GTD-5, and 2 of them originate from an ATT-5ess (GTE's MetroLan service
> >routes them into my switch). I'm running NI-2 on all of them. I'm under a
> >mile from the CO.
>
> Sounds like there is another A/D conversion going on besides at the
> customer's location. In that case you will NOT get 56K speeds. It ain't
> all dependent on your connection to the net. It also is dependent on
> whats going on with the telco and at the customer.

John, are you using ISDN also? I still have yet to get cards to test
K56Flex, so I'm stuck on Analog, but our ISDN has yet to work... *sigh*
GTE (HawTel) says the Ascends work without a problem.

Coming off a GTD-5 also...

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Aloha from Paradise,

Sherwood