Re: (PM) SLC Series-5 -> PM2E (fwd)

Chad Scott (chads@livingston.com)
Mon, 22 Jun 1998 04:08:39 -0700 (PDT)

On 21 Jun 1998, Dick St.Peters wrote:

> > > 26.4K eh? This sounds familiar. This is the speed V.34 modems are reduced
> > > to if the telco is multiplexing lines on an SLC. There are two basic ways
> > > to use an SLC.
> >
> > I'm in the same boat. I get 26.4 on good days on ethier of my home's
> > lines.
>
> I've been told that if the SLC is a real SLC, meaning an AT&T (now
> Lucent I suppose) SLC-96, you can only get 26.4 no matter what mode
> they run the SLC in, due to an analog bandwidth limitation of the
> "RPOTS" (Remote POTS) cards.

I'm not sure how correct this is. In San Antonio, Texas (Southwestern
Bell land), they're using Lucent 5ESS swithes with Lucent SLC's. I've
gotten *solid* 33,600 connections over analog lines that went through an
SLC out there.

Chad Scott
Beta Engineer
Lucent Technologies

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