On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 CARL.P.HIRSCH@sargentlundy.com wrote:
Salesdroid asks "You wanna give us $$$ for clear channel?"
Us: "..... ?"
Salesdroid: "It's so you can get 64kbit rather than the normal 56k"
I'm quite suprised they'd offer you a data circuit that wasn't b8zs. I think they're just using this as a way to get an extra couple of bucks per month per circuit. Without falling into a long discorse about timing on a DS1, the bottom line is that you get ~1.54Mbit/sec because the data stream is manipulated to maintain timing. A non-clear channel data circuit would only use 7 bits for data, with the 8th bit always being a 1 to maintain timing. Now I'm curious... Can anyone give me a situation where it would be "better" to have a non-clear channel data circuit? -- Douglas A. Dever Network Engineering Manager dever@verio.net "We put the fuse in dot bomb." -- Dan Lowe on failed Sun Microsystems Ad Campaign