-= Pete Replied to Daniel Lowe about: Telstra/Motorola 56k announcement =-

G'day Daniel

 BG> replaced by considerably cheaper cable "modems" (line cards)
 BG> within the next year or so (and with the added advantage of full
 BG> duplex 64kbps or 128kbps speeds, not this silly one-way 56k
 BG> thing).  This is one piece of passing fad technology in which I
 BG> have no interest whatsoever in "investing"...

 DL> Cable modems ain't going to be that cheap, Telstra will make
 DL> sure it has a monoploy on that product for some while yet.

Well USR make em (Courier I-Modem) so do Netcomm and i assume do alot
of others as well.

 DL> So it would be quite a while before 64kps became inexpensive
 DL> enough.

Who knows, See what happens mid year.

 DL> So the 56kps are half-duplex ... wow I thought does days where
 DL> over so what speed does it run at when in full duplex ? 33.6 ?

AFAIK it's 56k in 33k6 out, not a true half duplex mode.

     Pete.
     Email:pcollis{at}northnet.com.au

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