On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 11:58, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Dov Zamir wrote:
> >>Both of the DSL modems I've had, as well as both cable modems I've
owned,
> >>and every DSL modem I've installed for other people have all had 100meg
> >>ports...either in a 4-5 port switch, or in the port that connected right
> >>to the PC/router/firewall.
> >>
> >>Interesting.
> >>
> >>As I noted, a few seconds ago, I'm surprised that the manufacturers are
> >>even bothering...I can't imagine that 10meg chipsets are that plentiful,
> >>anymore.
> >>
> >>--
> >
> > I work for a networking integrator, selling thousands of xDSL modems.
> > There are basically two levels of modems. Those produced by Cisco and
> > such have 10/100 Mbps interfaces and cost hundereds of dollars.
> >
> > Those produced in the far east and in Europe, such as Alcatel and
> > Telyndos have 10Mbps interfaces and cost tens of dollars.
> >
> > If you don't need all the fancy features (and most of us don't) that
the
> > expensive modems can do, the cheaper ones actually outperform the more
> > expensive ones.
>
> And even 10Mbps is silly unless you have a DS3 connection or better.
> A T1 is only 1.544Mbps, a DS3 is 51Mbps. I've never heard of a DSL or
> broadband connection coming anywhere near either.
vdsl signaling speeds go out to about 52Mb/s yahoo broadband (softbank)
sells this in japan as 23Mb/s down 6 up service. some adsl modems can
train as high as 8Mb/ down for short distances. most adsl providers in the
US have a least 1.5Mb/s down 768k up available as part of their service
offerings.
Gee, when we gonna see *that* Japanese import? :)
--
Chris Kloiber