On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 11:58, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > Dov Zamir wrote: > > >>Both of the DSL modems I've had, as well as both cable modems I've owned, > > >>and every DSL modem I've installed for other people have all had 100meg > > >>ports...either in a 4-5 port switch, or in the port that connected right > > >>to the PC/router/firewall. > > >> > > >>Interesting. > > >> > > >>As I noted, a few seconds ago, I'm surprised that the manufacturers are > > >>even bothering...I can't imagine that 10meg chipsets are that plentiful, > > >>anymore. > > >> > > >>-- > > > > > > I work for a networking integrator, selling thousands of xDSL modems. > > > There are basically two levels of modems. Those produced by Cisco and > > > such have 10/100 Mbps interfaces and cost hundereds of dollars. > > > > > > Those produced in the far east and in Europe, such as Alcatel and > > > Telyndos have 10Mbps interfaces and cost tens of dollars. > > > > > > If you don't need all the fancy features (and most of us don't) that the > > > expensive modems can do, the cheaper ones actually outperform the more > > > expensive ones. > > > > And even 10Mbps is silly unless you have a DS3 connection or better. > > A T1 is only 1.544Mbps, a DS3 is 51Mbps. I've never heard of a DSL or > > broadband connection coming anywhere near either. > > vdsl signaling speeds go out to about 52Mb/s yahoo broadband (softbank) > sells this in japan as 23Mb/s down 6 up service. some adsl modems can > train as high as 8Mb/ down for short distances. most adsl providers in the > US have a least 1.5Mb/s down 768k up available as part of their service > offerings. Gee, when we gonna see *that* Japanese import? :) -- Chris Kloiber
