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Direct dialup via broadband

  • 10-11-2003 05:17PM
    #1
    krinpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 450 ✭✭


    Is it possible to dial directly from a client machine to a server machine with a broadband-modem at either end? (ie: bypassing the ISP). Obviously it's fairly straight forward with an existing analogue modem, but we've got to move with the times.


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  • #2
    SkepticOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭SkepticOne


    With ordinary DSL, no. The frequencies used don't make it through the exchange. The current DSL system involves your DSL modem communicating with equipment in a DSLAM and the traffic is diverted before it gets to the exchange onto the digital network.

    What used to be available in the past were what was known as "tie lines". These were lines off the same exchange joined to gether and not using the exchange equipment itself. They were used originally as a fixed voice line between two premises (e.g. a dentists offince and his home) to save on phone calls. With these lines it is possible to install SDSL equipment at each end and communicate directly bypassing the exchange and any ISP. However (possibly because of the revenue lost to Eircom) it is very hard to get these now.


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