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This did happen eventually. In the late 90's, various companies (Cisco, Ascend) provided boxes that could handle 24 modems on a single T1 port (PRI or channeliz
by icedchai 2y ago
This did happen eventually. In the late 90's, various companies (Cisco, Ascend) provided boxes that could handle 24 modems on a single T1 port (PRI or channelized T1.) This massively improved ISP port density. Before that, it was racks and racks of modems...
- actionfromafar 2y agoIIRC it was the only way to support 56k.
- icedchai 2y agoYes! The ISP side needed to be digital to get a 56K connection.
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