Interesting stuff. The mindboggling thing about it is that the K56 hosts actually do not inject any power in the PSTN at all. They inject digital values into a B channel, and AFAIK nobody limits these values. So if the power level into the PSTN is "too high", the only place where this happens is at the telcos D/A that drives the 2wire to the customer. One could argue that "if any possible signal pattern on a B leads to an exceeded voltage or power or whatever on the analog output, the telco should fix this D/A, because _it_ exceeds the FCC rules". Interestingly enough, the officials for such rules here in Germany (the BZT), formerly known as one of the most rigid shouters of VERBOTEN who made high speed modems be illegal for years didn't raise its ugly head against 56k-Modems so far. World is changing... -- Kanther-Line: PGP SSH IDEA MD5 GOST RIPE-MD160 3DES RSA FEAL32 RC4 +-o-+--------------------------------------------------------+-o-+ | o | \\\- Brain Inside -/// | o | | o | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | o | | o | Andre' Beck (ABPSoft) beck@ibh-dd.de XLink PoP Dresden | o | +-o-+--------------------------------------------------------+-o-+ ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg08191.html">Re: (ASCEND) Zoom 1.002A code</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Joseph@austintx.net (Joseph Bridgewater)</LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg08278.html">(ASCEND) ASCEND MAX ARP cache and reconnect problem</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg08273.html">Re: (ASCEND) Disconnect Code 185 problems</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg08239.html">Re: (ASCEND) Zoom 1.002A code</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg08190.html">RE: (ASCEND) Zoom 1.002A code</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail25.html#08275"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd145.html#08275"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>