[plug] OT: ADSL and modems

[Brian Tombleson]

All the guff and technical descriptions of ADSL say that yes, you can do
what your normal telephone line does as well as concurrently using the ADSL
feature.

However, I believe there are a few proviso's in this.  Advanced telephone
features may not work (like call-waiting and other things that send 'noise'
down the line on different bandwidths to normal voice) and I think/suspect
that if your line is already split in the street (same physical line shared
with neighbours) it may cause problems too.

A standard analogue modem on a standard telehone line uses the same
frequencies used for a standard voice telephone call (as does fax), so it
should be fine.

All that said, I don't have ADSL (yet!) and don't know anyone who's tried
it.

- Brian.

> While people are talking about ADSL, I have a question for which I can't
> see an answer on telstra.com.  If I get it installed (not available in
> my area just yet), will it cope with having an analogue modem on the
> same line occasionally?  I'd love the high speed access, but my wife has
> a need to dial into work directly occasionally, and I just wouldn't be
> allowed to have ADSL installed if it was going to prevent this.
>
> Has anyone tried a modem on the same line as ADSL?