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MovedGoalPosts · 12-04-2006, 19:07

Ah I think you are confusing the technologies then.

Broadband requires an ADSL modem if you get service via a BT type telephone line, or a Cable Modem if you get service from ntl:telewest.

Broadband is transmitted completely differently to the analogue dial up service which just used a standard telephone line. ADSL does use a copper phone line but uses addditional frequencies on that line, separate to the analogue signals.

An analogue dial up and / or fax modem can be fitted externally to your PC connected via a serial or sometimes USB lead, or frequently, the cheaper ones are fitted inside the PC as a PCI type card. These internal modems are frequently the win modem type and have some of the hardware missing that most standard external analogue modems would have. Simply put the winmodem, relies on the windows operating system for some of it's task performance. Some Linux, and indeed some windows software has difficulty working around thes missing bits of hardware.

12-04-2006, 19:07	#7
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 61 Posts: 15,868	Re: Linux on the NTL cable? Ah I think you are confusing the technologies then. Broadband requires an ADSL modem if you get service via a BT type telephone line, or a Cable Modem if you get service from ntl:telewest. Broadband is transmitted completely differently to the analogue dial up service which just used a standard telephone line. ADSL does use a copper phone line but uses addditional frequencies on that line, separate to the analogue signals. An analogue dial up and / or fax modem can be fitted externally to your PC connected via a serial or sometimes USB lead, or frequently, the cheaper ones are fitted inside the PC as a PCI type card. These internal modems are frequently the win modem type and have some of the hardware missing that most standard external analogue modems would have. Simply put the winmodem, relies on the windows operating system for some of it's task performance. Some Linux, and indeed some windows software has difficulty working around thes missing bits of hardware.