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At 9:37 AM -0400 6/4/98, Bret McDanel wrote: >I dont think that is what was implied off their web page press release >(really easy to find, goto their page, goto press releases it should be the >first one or two :) > >They said that they would provide online access, multiple voice calls, >faxes, etc at the same time on an existing telephone line (I read 'an >existing telephone line' to be a pair of wires, however they may be using 2 >pair since most houses are wired with that).. > >But you are supposed to get everything at the same time on the same wire.. >Cable modems for the last mile wouldnt allow this.. xDSL wouldnt allow >this, at least not in its present implementation.. > > >I think the marketing guys made a promise or two that they cannot yet >deliver (however the article did say that there were a few new patents on >this technology, which means that its new and buggy more than likely :) No, I think they mean H.323 (voice over IP). Then you just need a box at the customer end to split out the voice packets to a telephone, and a phone switch that can send voice calls to IP. --Dean ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Plain Aviation, Inc [email protected] LAN/WAN/UNIX/NT/TCPIP/DCE http://www.av8.com We Make IT Fly! (617)242-3091 x246 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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