[CLUE-Tech] DSL Recommendations

[Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier]

Timothy C. Klein wrote:

*snip*
> You pretty much have no choice when it comes to the DSL customer
> premises equipment.  You get the Cisco 678.  The Intel products (both
> the internal PCI, and the external USB) are proprietary
> products, and Intel has no desire to release specs, or make a Linux
> driver.  They will only work in Windows.  The Cisco 675 is no longer
> available, as it supports the CAP line encoding protocol, rather than
> DMT, and Qwest doesn't install those anymore.  The 675 is grand-fathered.
> Note:  none of these are modems.  That is the common term, but it is
> incorrect.  These are devices that decode the digital DSL signal on the
> phone line, turn it into ATM, and deliver the data to you computer in
> some way (pci, usb, Ethernet).  In the case of the Cisco, it is also a
> router.


I had Qwest DSL before I moved, and dropped it in favor of @Home, but I
still have a 675 -- does anyone know if I could use the 675 if I signed
up again?

If not, anybody know of a good use for one? Seems a waste to have it
just gathering dust...

Zonker
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