On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> i'm not a guy from pldt.. though i know some of the operations on the
> dsl same with the cable internet. they really couldn't use any other
> TAs because of interoperability problems, especially in assigning
> speed (or provision as what they call it) on each user. there are
> really existing standards on the dsl and cable internet, but some
> manufacturers of the equipments couldn't comply to those set
> protocols. that's why most providers really use the same equipments
> from their central offices to the user's end so that they wouldn't
> have a hard time in maintaining those TA's.
>
> some of the providers though, like destiny cable, have tested other
> equipments to run on other infrastructures, i.e. COM21 to run with
> motorola cable modems. but as far as i know, they would still use
> proprietary equipments..
>
Destiny uses COM21, Motorola and NEC cable modems for corporate,
residential and residential customers respectively. It's no accident
really that they work because their Headend systems support all three by
design.
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