The exception is funky voice-over-RF stuff. You don't want to do that. It wouldn't work with Asterisk anyway. And it's a pointless waste of time.
Alex Balashov wrote: > C. Savinovich wrote: > >> Thank you all for your replies. But here is the dumb question: I have >> never >> seen how the coaxial cable used for cable TV ends up on a provider's >> rack. >> Can anybody describe me (as if I was looking at a picture) how a whole >> bunch >> of round coaxial cabling can come into a room and end up in an >> Asterisk PBX >> providing telephony... I suppose the coaxial cables just end up in >> routers >> with coaxial ports, and then, it is just a network like any other >> network... >> or isn't it?...is there anything I am not taking into consideration?? > > No coax goes into Asterisk. Coax is just part of the network build-out > on the last mile for delivering IP to the customer. HFC is the > technology that bridges Ethernet over to a head-end UBR or similar piece > of broadband aggregation equipment over CATV and/or digital. > > Imagine that you have an Asterisk PBX colocated somewhere and have a > VoIP handset at home on your DSL connection. The "DSL" part of the > equation doesn't touch either your phone or the PBX per se; it's just a > piece of the abstraction layer and mesh of networks, administrative > domains and physical-layer technologies that deliver IP from Asterisk to > you. > > Coax is the same way. > -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 Mobile : (+1) (678) 237-1775 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
