13 Oct
2003
13 Oct
'03
6:21 p.m.
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:17:14 -0500 From: "Pete Templin" <pete.templin@texlink.com> Sender: owner-nanog@merit.edu
That suggests that it's an ASL (Analog Subscriber Line)...
When the signal is placed on the wire, it is very analog. the digital signal is modulated onto the wire and demodulated off of it and the box that connects to the phone line at each end is properly and fairly commonly called a DSL modem. If the path was entirely digital, it would be a CODEC (CODer/DECoder). It is a modem. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634