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Re: Homehighway

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From: James Campbell Andrew
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:00
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Rebecca and Rowland <real-address-in-sig@flur.bltigibbet> wrote:

> They're not modems: that's the whole point of ISDN.  A modem modulates
> (or demodulates) a digital signal to squirt it down an analogue phone
> line.  An ISDN terminal adaptor is a modem with the modulation and
> demodulation stuff removed: they squirt digital data directly down the
> line.  They should therefore be cheaper than modems.

Quite right, but I was refering to their basic 'feel' of operation, as
opposed to, say, and ethernet card.

Jim
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From: jim@october.u-net.com (James Campbell Andrew)
Subject: Re: Homehighway
Date: 1998/09/23
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