[SATLUG] Wifi (Bandera County)

[Aaron Hackney]

Ed wrote:
> Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>> scs at worldlinkisp.com wrote:
>>  
>>>> ------- Original Message -------
>>>>       
>>> >From    : Geoff wrote:
>>> Is there such a thing as high-speed access to the internet in 
>>> Bandera, *other* than via satellite?
>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>> Yes, depending on your definition of high-speed.
>>> There's wireless dsl @ about 1.5 ~ 2.3 kbs from
>>> Indian Creek      730-796-7788
>>> Internet America  800-232-4335t
>>>     
>>
>> Is this a typo?  A modem can do 56 kbs.
>>
>>   -- Bruce
>>   
> I don't think so...  DSL (digital subscriber link) can handle transit 
> packets of 64Kb/channel.  As a DSL line (usually one B and one D 
> channel) can transit 64Mb/sec
I did a few DSLAM installs back in the day but I can't recall the 
technology in use other than using freq out of the voice range on voice 
POTS circuits. I think you are thinking of ISDN? (1D and 2B = BRI ISDN 
circuit)
> , and an ADSL (asynchronous) 
Asymmetric.
> can handle multiple B channels at once via multiplexing, and 1.5 - 3.2 
> megabits without much difficulty.  However, full through-put depends 
> on the number of users accessing the line/node at a given moment.  
> Usually, ADSL packages are 128Mb/sec (2B, 1D channels), and via 
> multiplexing, can transit the low end of the DSL spectrum (1.5Mb) 
> fairly easily...  And, they don't use a "modem," the use a "terminal 
> adapter..."
TAs are ISDN ya?
>
> Cheers;
>
> Ed