[CLUE-Talk] Is Qwest likely to allow me to use Cisco 675 modem on new DSL installation?

[Nate Duehr]

Timothy Klein wrote:

>On Tuesday 12 October 2004 10:56, John Kennedy wrote:
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>>What I am wondering is... is it likely that I can order a
>>Qwest DSL connection and use this modem and do the install on
>>my end myself?
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>>John Kennedy
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>Sadly, no, and it is not just Qwest being jerks.  The 675 is CAP 
>line-encoding only.  That type of service is now grandfathered at 
>Qwest:  they won't dismantle an existing CAP line, but they won't 
>install a new line that way.
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>All new service uses DMT (T1.413, precisely) line encoding.  The 675 
>is incapable of using that protocol.  The 678 can.
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I believe there were two models of the 675 - one CAP, and one DMT. 

You flip them over and look at a sticker on the bottom to see which type 
of line coding they do.

The 678 does both, if I remember correctly.

Nate