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Source: Patrick Boyd (patrick.boyd@nashville.com)
Moderator: Dirk Terrell (admin@os2ss.com)
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The Nashville OS/2 Users Group  http://capp.org/os2users.htm  
will be meeting at our same time and location.  

Thursday, November 12, 1998 at 6:30 PM
First American Nat'l Bank - Operations Center
550 Metroplex Dr, Nashville, TN
For a map to our meeting site, please see our web page. 
http://capp.org/os2users.htm  


Everyone wants more Bandwidth/Speed 
and ADSL may be the choice for you.

We're going to talk about the new bandwidth choice that 
has come to town. Fredjoseph Goldner, President and CEO 
of BlueStar Communications    http://www.bluestar.net/
is going to talk about the range of services that BlueStar 
Communications has available. However, we will especially 
focus on the ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) 
service that they are the first to offer in Middle 
Tennessee. 

How bandwidth choices compare:
Regular modem Dialup Up -- 300 bps up to 56 Kbps
ISDN -- Integrated Services Digital Network: 
       64 Kbps if using 1 B channel  or 
     128 Kbps when using 2 B channels
Cable Modem -- Downloads (top speed 10 Mbps) 
      usual 5 to 6 Mpds   Uploads top speed 768 Kbps
T1 -- 1.5 Mbps
ADSL -- Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line: 
      Modems attached to twisted pair copper wiring that 
transmit from 1.5 Mbps to 9 Mbps downstream (to the 
subscriber)and from 16 kbps to 800 kbps upstream, depending 
on line distance. 
T3 -- 45 Mbps

By the way -  if you want to see an excellent glossary 
of  DSL/Networking/Telephone terms 
go to   http://www.bluestar.net/custserv.html  



Other things that we we may talk about 
and look at during our November meeting: 

Following our look at ADSL and Bandwidth we will continue 
with Networking basics (Part 2) finishing up the program 
that we started at our October meeting.

Networking basics (Part 2) - 
With OS/2, how simple (or hard) can it be to hook two computers together. 
What's needed? 
How to put it together? 
Getting the machines to talk to each other?  
These are some of the things we will be discussing.







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