On Thursday 27 December 2001 21:46 pm, Kevin White wrote: > 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 >
Someone in BT must like you. Round here (Ardnamurchan) thet just lay the cables out alongside the road without any pretence at burying them. We've had a cable for our neighbours phone lying along the edge of the field for over two years now. -- Regards pete -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
