mii-tool and dsl?

[Chris Kloiber]

On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 11:58, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> vdsl signaling speeds go out to about 52Mb/s yahoo broadband (softbank)  
> sells this in japan as 23Mb/s down 6 up service. some adsl modems can
> train as high as 8Mb/ down for short distances. most adsl providers in the
> US have a least 1.5Mb/s down 768k up available as part of their service 
> offerings.

Gee, when we gonna see *that* Japanese import? :)

-- 
Chris Kloiber