On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 06:50:46PM -0600, Bob Hubbard wrote: > Thanks, C. Didn't know about the modem certification and thanks for the > tip re ISP. Not sure what is meant by Data over Voice ISDN but will > certainly check it out.
i wouldn't worry too much about the modem and Austel/ACA certification, it's pretty much a crock, wait and see if your current modem doesn't work properly before considering buying a new one. DoV is a "trick", it's normal ISDN (it's ETSI in Australia, different system to the US, I presume Canada uses the US system?) but if you use DoV the carrier thinks it's a voice call and with the Onramp Home Highway service they have different call rates for voice verses data so you get a data-over-voice connection for the normal untimed voice rate of 19.8c (rather than data is $1.10 per hour). (plus your ISP charges in top of that of course) (if you're getting two phone lines, it's worth getting an ORHH service instead, you effectively get 2 digital lines for the same price as 2 analogue ones) You can find ORHH info by searching under www.telstra.com, and DoV info from www.traverse.com.au or local central coast ISPs. Re your comment about cable/adsl not available another option is satellite. Again telstra/bigpond have it, also www.ihug.com.au and various ihug resellers (most of whom do a better deal than going direct to ihug). I gather there's others too but I haven't manage to find out about them (eg. Austar). Dave. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
