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Re: Remote Access Hardware for Apple/OSX

Greg McMenamin writes:

>>The reason for this is that 56k modems can only "speak" 56k when
>>connected directly to a digital line.
>
>Just a clarification on this point to be exacting with regard to
>specifications:
>
>I believe Michael was saying that the telephone switching office (Central
>Office - CO) must have new, fully digital switching equipment and NOT the
>older analog/relay type switching equipment.

The situation is that you can't connect two 56k modems back-to-back and
get 56k. One end of the connection must be a digital subscriber line --
ISDN (which is what we have in our office) or a digital trunk (e.g., T1,
which is what ISPs usually have).

-- Bruce


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