[SATLUG] Wifi (Bandera County)

[David Power]

> >
> >>> ------- 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, and an ADSL (asynchronous) 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..."
> 
> Cheers;
> 
> Ed
That sounds more like ISDN rather than dsl.

David