I have Qwest VDSL and it comes in over the standard 4-wire telephone=
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cable. I was amazed because we get two telephones, three TV channels and=20
1Mbit up/down internet access through those wires. The 4 telephone wires =
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to a "Qwest" box that's plugged into the wall for power. From that box=20
there's a piece of RG-59 that goes to (my) splitter and, thence, to three=
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TVs, the telephone cable to my phones inside the house, and the internet=20
cable that goes to my firewall and, thence, to my systems.
     I presume this is "broadband" technology. Pretty cool.

On Wednesday 03 December 2003 12:22, BoBB wrote:
> Are you sure it comes in over your phone line? I did lots of
> expirementing when I had vdsl, and on the back of the gateway box the
> only thing going in was a coax cable. Although there was an optional
> rj-11 in for caller id on tv(very nice btw). AFACT when I checked was
> that it had to have come in through the cable line. Then again I could
> be wrong.
>
> On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 09:00:53AM -0700, Ted Gould wrote:
> > Well, I have Qwest VDSL right now - and it runs over my phone line - =
not
> > the cable...  I really do love the large upload bandwidth as it makes
> > printing pictures online actually practical.  It also makes updating
> > one's webpage much nicer also.  The VDSL folks are also much easier t=
o
> > deal with than other Qwest people, they seem to be their own departme=
nt
> > (i.e. I don't connect through MSN).
> >
> > =09=09--Ted
> >
> > On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 01:07, BoBB wrote:
> > > I used to have that at my old house, its actually vdsl or video dsl=
 as
> > > ive heard, and yes it does come over the cable line, not as fast as
> > > cable internet though, they have a 640k service and a 1mb service, =
also
> > > they dont cap thier upload so if you do alot of uploading you will =
like
> > > it :) I was getting speeds sometimes upwards of 1mb upload on vario=
us
> > > tests.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 12:02:11AM -0700, Nathan England wrote:
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> > > > On friday I am getting Qwest HSI. But to my surprise it is not DS=
L.
> > > > My area does not support DSL. Instead it runs over cable. Is anyo=
ne
> > > > else using this? The woman who came to my house said it was
> > > > deffinately cable, and used a cable modem.  Any ideas? It is rate=
d at
> > > > only 640k, but still...
> > > > - --
> > > >
> > > > Nathan England
> > > >
> > > > nathan at the-arcanum.org
> > > > jabber id: linuxjunkie@jabber.earth.li
> > > >
> > > > "A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular."
> > > > - --Adlai Stevenson
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Registered Linux User #189789, Machine #106603
> > > > www.sincerechoice.org
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Todays Fortune:
> > > >
> > > > Don't believe everything you hear or anything you say.
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