Comrades, A month or so ago we had a little discussion about ISDN/Home Highway installations and someone mentioned the revelation of it now being USB/Windows only.
As i've finally got to speak to the engineer who's installing my setup on the 8th , i got to clarify exactly what the "new" setup entails. As previously revealed , which i recall wasn't taken with much belief , the new Home Highway setup can indeed be connected to windows with nothing more than a USB cable and some custom software. No need for any form of cards/modems on the client side ( presumably the TA is now either within the box on the wall , or heaven forbid - partly in software like those beastly winmodems ). That said , the same setup can also be used in a "traditional" format , i.e with a terminal adapter. This "traditional" format will work fine in Linux. Which is a good job as my analogue lines are getting worse by the day. Had to have the dreaded DAX box fitted last week , which downed my V90 modem speeds to 12,800bps. Combine that with having to report problems 4 times in the last two weeks and i've been offline more than on. Still no joy with the dastardly SatModems either. I've now resorted to paying �100 a month for a permenant 64K ISDN connection. Anyone know of a cheaper method of getting an "always on" connection when your out of range for ADSL/Cable and SatModems are too thin on the ground? My only slight amusement came thanks to having BT for a monopoly , who are duty bound to providing a Home Highway connection at the standard installation fee ( around �75 i think ). For this paltry fee they are currently in the process of digging up over a mile of cable to lay a new line just for me. Its not often you can get one over on BT. KW -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
