SMC previews ADSL2 products

[Cerberus]

Just thought this would be an interesting read :

SMC Networks today announced its product roadmap for ADSL2 products intended for Telcos and ISPs in North America and Europe.

The SMC7904WBRA ADSL2 Barricade g supports full-rate G.dmt for download speeds of 12Mbps and upload speeds of 1Mbps. It combines an 802.11g Wireless Access Point, four port 10/100 switch and ADSL/ADSL2 modem. The product is already Wi-Fi certified and is undergoing trials by "major ISPs", including TietoEnator of Sweden.

The ADSL2 Barricade g will be "broadly available" in Q4, 2004 to service providers only. Wired ADSL2 1 port and 4 port versions are currently being developed for the North American market, and will join the ADSL2 Barricade g for distribution over Q4 2004. Firmware upgrades to ADSL2+ are currently under development.

ADSL2 technology increases downstream data rates to 12Mbps from ADSL's 8Mbps, while extending reach by approximately 600 feet. ADSL2+ doubles the maximum frequency used for downstream data transmission from 1.1 to 2.2 MHz to bring downstream data rates of 25Mbps on phone lines as long as 5000 feet.


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Cerberus

 

[playkiller no.2]

Oh well I suppose my great great great granson will see this in South Africa.

Google is so smart,I typed in Hellkom and guess what google said

Don`t you mean.....<insert evil laugh>
TELKOM!

 

[andres101]

this might be great!! compare it to our cellphone networks... we launched our cell networks long after the US. if we launched at the same time, we would have analog towers today... the advantage? a digital tower (signal) can have 4x the amount of calls at any one time as it "time-slices". also not sure if you can run GPRS on a analog tower.

point is that it is sometimes better to let someone else be the ginny pig (spell?). If the technology works, then deploy it here. look what is happening to sentech!

 

[CreepyCrawley]

it's guinea pig

Telkom se ma...

 

[regardtv]

yeah - like the Mywireless customer base ;-)

 

[CreepyCrawley]

bwahahahaha

Telkom se ma...

 

[armitage]

chances that this would be deployed in za is laughable.
just imagine you would have a cap that would be reached in the first half an hour that ure connected to the internet.

It is always a wise idea to first find out if the product works as to ones expectations( hey hey sentech should a thought to test the toaster before u bought it he?) but the time it takes for a telco product to be released in ZA is pathetic. were only getting 3g tech next year maybe maybe. its been out in the asian block for what close on to 5 years or more?( they dont even use it anymore i think)


RFID tags r probably not even legal in ZA considering our policies on new tech.
Look what the japs are doing their inserting the tags into the clothing of their students to keep track of them. now think bout it all these kids lately that have gone missing stood a better chance if they had tech's like this keeping a watchout for them.

but no these thing not in za
bloody pathetic and im ashamed to be a tech lover in ZA

Proud South african rip offs.

 

[timo]

well its probably a good thing that such a thing isnt legal in our country, if you take into consideration the potential for abuse, and invasion of privacy.