[SGVLUG] 56kbps over cable phone?

[Dan Kegel]

I'll go out on a limb and predict that you'll get at most
28Kbps regardless of whether you use a real POTS line.
To get 56Kbps, you have to have an ISDN-like connection
on the server side, otherwise you run into Shannon's limit.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56_kbit/s_modem
- Dan

On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Jess Bermudes <jbermudes at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've never had phone service through a cable company. Do the phones plug in
> to some special box that hooks up to the cable system via coax?
>
> Perhaps you can do an experiment and try to sign up for netzero or some
> other dialup ISP to see if your modem signals can travel over the line?
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Christopher Smith <cbsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have no idea if it'd work, but it'd be funny as all get out to try. My
>> bet is it works but not nearly at 56kbps. I'd try to get one of the cheapest
>> phone lines the phone company offers instead.
>>
>> --Chris
>>
>> On Dec 2, 2012, at 5:24 PM, Braddock Gaskill <braddock at braddock.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 17:20:36 -0800, Jess Bermudes <jbermudes at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> You want a POTS line specifically to only use for a 56k connection to
>> > the
>> >> internet?
>> >
>> > I was thinking of setting up a dial-up bbs.
>> >
>> > -braddock
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Braddock Gaskill
>> >> <braddock at braddock.com>wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> Does a 56kbps analog modem have any hope of traversing a Time Warner
>> >>> Cable
>> >>>
>> >>> (voip?) phone line?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> If not, what is the cheapest way to get an old fashioned hard POTS
>> > line?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> -braddock
>> >
>>
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