Interesting topic, here's an article:<br><br><a href="http://eetimes.com/electronics-news/4138167/MoIP-Making-PSTN-Modems-Work-on-IP-Networks">http://eetimes.com/electronics-news/4138167/MoIP-Making-PSTN-Modems-Work-on-IP-Networks</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Christopher Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbsmith@gmail.com" target="_blank">cbsmith@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">So, it's kind of a weird case, because technically VoIP can allow for more bandwidth than a regular phone line, but in practice all the voice compression algorithms are designed to get you well below the bandwidth of a regular phone line. Add in the timing issues from buffering... ick.<div class="gmail_extra">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Dan Kegel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dank@kegel.com" target="_blank">dank@kegel.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I'll go out on a limb and predict that you'll get at most<br>
28Kbps regardless of whether you use a real POTS line.<br>
To get 56Kbps, you have to have an ISDN-like connection<br>
on the server side, otherwise you run into Shannon's limit.<br>
See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56_kbit/s_modem" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56_kbit/s_modem</a><br>
<span><font color="#888888">- Dan<br>
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On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Jess Bermudes <<a href="mailto:jbermudes@gmail.com" target="_blank">jbermudes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I've never had phone service through a cable company. Do the phones plug in<br>
> to some special box that hooks up to the cable system via coax?<br>
><br>
> Perhaps you can do an experiment and try to sign up for netzero or some<br>
> other dialup ISP to see if your modem signals can travel over the line?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Christopher Smith <<a href="mailto:cbsmith@gmail.com" target="_blank">cbsmith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I have no idea if it'd work, but it'd be funny as all get out to try. My<br>
>> bet is it works but not nearly at 56kbps. I'd try to get one of the cheapest<br>
>> phone lines the phone company offers instead.<br>
>><br>
>> --Chris<br>
>><br>
>> On Dec 2, 2012, at 5:24 PM, Braddock Gaskill <<a href="mailto:braddock@braddock.com" target="_blank">braddock@braddock.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 17:20:36 -0800, Jess Bermudes <<a href="mailto:jbermudes@gmail.com" target="_blank">jbermudes@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> > wrote:<br>
>> >> You want a POTS line specifically to only use for a 56k connection to<br>
>> > the<br>
>> >> internet?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I was thinking of setting up a dial-up bbs.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > -braddock<br>
>> ><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Braddock Gaskill<br>
>> >> <<a href="mailto:braddock@braddock.com" target="_blank">braddock@braddock.com</a>>wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Does a 56kbps analog modem have any hope of traversing a Time Warner<br>
>> >>> Cable<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> (voip?) phone line?<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> If not, what is the cheapest way to get an old fashioned hard POTS<br>
>> > line?<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> -braddock<br>
>> ><br>
>><br>
><br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br>Chris<br>
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