mii-tool and dsl?

[Rick Stevens]

Dov Zamir wrote:
>>Both of the DSL modems I've had, as well as both cable modems I've owned, 
>>and every DSL modem I've installed for other people have all had 100meg 
>>ports...either in a 4-5 port switch, or in the port that connected right 
>>to the PC/router/firewall.
>>
>>Interesting.
>>
>>As I noted, a few seconds ago, I'm surprised that the manufacturers are 
>>even bothering...I can't imagine that 10meg chipsets are that plentiful, 
>>anymore.
>>
>>-- 
> 
> I work for a networking integrator, selling thousands of xDSL modems. 
> There are basically two levels of modems. Those produced by Cisco and
> such have 10/100 Mbps interfaces and cost hundereds of dollars.
> 
> Those produced in the far east and in Europe, such as Alcatel and
> Telyndos have 10Mbps interfaces and cost tens of dollars.
> 
> If you don't need all the fancy features (and most of us don't) that the
> expensive modems can do, the cheaper ones actually outperform the more
> expensive ones.

And even 10Mbps is silly unless you have a DS3 connection or better.
A T1 is only 1.544Mbps, a DS3 is 51Mbps.  I've never heard of a DSL or
broadband connection coming anywhere near either.
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