[muglo] Re: 4 Sale

>From: doug rogers <dougsamu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [muglo] Re: 4 Sale
>Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:54:09 -0500
>
>On 11-07-06, at 12:27 AM, Tee Cashmore wrote:
>
> >>   That's the DSL modem?
> >
> > I believe so, it's certainly not a Cable type
>
>I believe that the upgrade to high speed we will be getting soon will
>require the type of modem that has the POTS line input. $50 is
>certainly cheaper than the $100's most want.

Not having followed the thread...

1. "Regular" (analogue POTS) modems max out at 56 Kbps (~4 K/sec).

2. (A)DSL modems are used with the phone system and use the same _wires_ as 
the regular modems, but they don't use the same connection. Your POTS 
telephone company MUST have a switching station set up for you to be able to 
use an ADSL modem at home (just having a phone line isn't enough since the 
ADSL modem doesn't use the regular phone connection... which your "dial-up" 
modem does).

You can usually buy these modems separately for anywhere between $10 (used 
on eBay) to $200 (new from rip-off artist). Depending on the modem and the 
connection, they max out at anywhere between 512 Kbps and 5 Mbps (perhaps 
higher now).

Cable modems are used exclusively with cable TV networks and have varying 
maximum speeds. You rarely buy your own cable modem.

Eric.

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