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echo: hs_modems
to: LAWRENCE MINTZ
from: JOSHA HAUBOLD
date: 1997-03-12 08:56:00
subject: %6K

 LM> The 56k server will connect to its central office (CO in phone company 
 LM> lingo)
 LM> using ISDN or better.  The server's CO must connect through to the 56k 
 LM> client's
 LM> CO via a completely digital link.  The line from the client's CO to the
 LM> client's modem would be analog (Plain Old Telephone Service - POTS.)
 Ahhh. I finally understand. (I think ) So if a BBS running 28.8s now
 wanted to install 56k server modems, the BBS would need to buy an ISDN line.
 So does that mean that if 56k catches on Ma Bell won't `need' to charge
 for local access? (Because of the increased cost of the ISDN to the server)
 
-Josha
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