On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:43:38 -0500, Chris Elmquist wrote:
On Sunday (09/21/2008 at 05:48PM -0600), bfranchuk at
jetnet.ab.ca wrote:
> Jim Leonard wrote:
>>
>> To be fair, if you are lucky enough to qualify for Verizon FIOS, you won't
>> ever want to use a modem. 30mb/s downstream to the house...
> Umm Upload rate is what ... BBS's send not suck data. ;)
However, you might still want to use a modem if you
have a home security
system or a satellite TV receiver... all of which use an embedded modem
to "phone home".
VoIP (voice over IP) telephony is causing a lot of
grief for these legacy
dialup technologies.
Chris
For those with home businesses, be warned the TRANZ credit card machines are not happy
with VOIP
and want to be connected to a POTS line. Both my CC machine and my DirecTV boxes are
connected to
the analog side of my POTS/DSL line. They both autodial 1-800 numbers so the basic metered
local only
service works just fine. I use my cell phone or the "Business" ISDN line for all
voice and fax calls.
The other Bob