[SGVLUG] 56kbps over cable phone?

[Christopher Smith]

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
>