I agree with Christian, looking at the xDSL situation from the other end of
the line (we design and build Broadband Loop Carriers for the majority of
the RBOCs/ILECs/CLECs in Canada, the US and abroad): we do a lot of
interoperability testing with each of the available xDSL modems and see a
lot of un-documented 'features' (sensitivity to line impairments,
on/off-hook, losing sync, frequent re-training, you name it).
In a sense, it is similar to what happened with V.92 when it came out: there
is the standard, and there is reality, and not always do they correlate 100%
(each implementation may and will be different).
You need to get from your ISP/phone company the list of xDSL modems they are
comfortable with (and they do have their preferred supplier), and go from
there.

I bypassed the V.92 modems completely - 28.8 to DSL. :)

Is it a safe bet (or a foolish assumption) that SpeedStream modems should be very compatible with the smaller ISPs too, since those modems are being used by Ma Bell?

c


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