Re: (PM) Re:DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) (fwd)

Dick St.Peters (stpeters@NetHeaven.com)
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 00:28:45 -0500

MegaZone writes:
> Once upon a time James T. Robson shaped the electrons to say...
> > There has been a lot of talk about DSL lately. Can PM-3's be
> >upgraded to this protocol, or are they already compatible? (Pardon me if
> >this topic has already been covered, but I couldn't find the thread)
>
> xDSL is a very different technology. It requires a direct copper loop
> from the user to the xDSL server. That generally means CO colocation to
> terminate customer copper. Also, some of the newer technologies - the
> Nortel/Rockwell 1-Meg Modem, and the Lucent WildWire 1.5-Meg system are
> designed to be upgrades to the telco switch. New media cards for the
> DMS or 5E series of switches.

Anybody interested in learning more about xDSL should start at
http://www.adsl.com/general_tutorial.html

Then you can go on to subscribe to dsl-tech@internoc.net: send mail to
Majordomo@internoc.net saying
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> I'm going to pull these numbers from memory, so I hope I don't botch them.

Just one semi-botch: SDSL has the same speed rating (T1/E1) as HDSL,
although it is normally run at half speed. 

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