Top Document: ZyXEL modem FAQ List v4.2, Nov 20 1995, Part 4 of 5 [Info / IDSN] Previous Document: I.18 Why is there not an ethernet interface on the modem? Next Document: I.20 What is required for an ISDN hookup? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Modems (MOdulators and DEModulators) take data from the computer and modulates the data into sounds for transmission over the phone line. The modem on the receiving computer demodulates the sounds into data, which is then send to the connected computer. The modulation and demodulation process is inefficient. A better way to transmit the data is to avoid the mod/demodulation process. Use digital lines, and send the data digitally -- essentially, this is the purpose of ISDN. ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) is an additional *paid* service from the telephone company. It is a high bandwidth technology that allows users to send large amounts of information in short amounts of time. While V.34 can send data at 28.8 kbps, ISDN can send data at 128 kpbs. Basic Rate Service (BRS) ISDN, or 2B+D is composed of two 64 kbit/s digital channels and one 16 kbit/s control channel. User Contributions:Top Document: ZyXEL modem FAQ List v4.2, Nov 20 1995, Part 4 of 5 [Info / IDSN] Previous Document: I.18 Why is there not an ethernet interface on the modem? Next Document: I.20 What is required for an ISDN hookup? Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: rwong@direct.ca (Robert Wong Jr.)
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