There is another disadvantage.
You pay two X installation fees instead of one. Oscar Plameras http://www.acay.com.au/~oscarp/rss.html (May Take Minutes on Slow Networks) > Hi Bill, > > ADSL as the technician advised use copper line and is not good > with RIM. ADSL is digital (ISDN technology) from exchange to your home > using copper lines. RIM is analog to digital at exchange, then trasmitted > over fibre, and then digital to analog at distribution box in your area > where > your phone is now connected. Two different 'last mile' technologies. > > Suppliers of phone services prefer RIM as it is easier to install, simpler > by technology, and less costly to maintain. But as far as internet customers > are concerned there are two major disadvantages. First, when you > connect to your ISP using 56Kbps modem your best download rate is > 33Kbps because you lose speed at the two points of conversion. One > at the exchange and another at the distribution box. Secondly, you > cannot have your phone line and ADSL on the same line as ADSL > uses ISDN technology, which is digital transmission on copper. > > Now, that you have your phone(s) on RIM, when ADSL is installed > it will hang off copper lines and you end with two independent lines. > The simplest would have been ADSL and your phone to hang off > the same copper lines. Of course you can always ask to transfer > your phone line to hang off the same copper lines as your ADSL > which should have been done in the first place except that your > ADSL supplier and your phone supplier do not talk to each other > and would not be able coordinate the work and the type of connection. > > What I will do if I were in your situation is phone your ADSL > supplier ASAP and advise of the situation. I'm pretty sure they > can help as you have contracted them to supply the service and > I assume they have accepted or committed. > > Good luck. > > Oscar Plameras > http://www.acay.com.au/~oscarp/disclaimer.html > > > Today I finally had the phones connected at our new house. > > > > I have the house wired for cable/data/phone with cat5 - 2 separate phone > > cables - 1 for our part of the house and 1 for my Mother's part. > > > > Two cables have been laid and connected and both connections work. > > > > It has taken nearly 3 months to get these connections. > > > > When the technician had finishedtoday I asked if our line was ADSL > > suitable. He said that both lines were pair-gained to a RIM at the > "Tower", > > but that there were plenty of copper connections available ( to the > > exchange I assume), and that our line would be changed to full copper when > > I requested that ADSL be connected. He said that the work order was for 2 > > pair-gained connections. > > > > All of this despite the fact that during this whole process I kept > > reiterating that I wanted a line suitable for ADSL, and the fact that my > > Mother's old house, which we demolished 14 mths ago in order to build this > > new house, had a full copper connection (verified by the technician > today), > > and that she retained her existing phone number by having it redirected to > > our phone at our current residence. In other words, her phone was never > > disconnected and therefore I believe that the full copper connection > should > > have been retained. > > > > Apart from signing up for an ADSL account with an ISP (not BigPond), is > > there any other way to get a full copper connection to the exchange? ie > > does a fax line require this? > > > > As we will not be taking up residence until we have sold our current home > I > > would like to get this phone line "fixed" in advance. > > > > The only other alternative that I can think of is to get ADSL connected, > > then dial-up from one house to another and connect to the 'Net remotely. > > Being a relative 'newbie' in many aspects of linux, I'm not sure if I > > could manage this. > > > > On Monday I will be again calling my contact person at Telstra's > complaints > > line ( that is how we finally gained the connections), and any info/advice > > re the above matters would be appreciated. > > > > Bill > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
