If you didn't get the link to the DMT biased whitepaper I posted which has probably the best answers I've seen to your question, it's http://support.aware.com/technology/whitepapers/dmt.html Cheers, Phil M On or about 1 Jun 2001, Munir Nassar is alleged to have said: > is one better or faster than the other? why would they > switch? what are the pros and cons of each? > > -munir > --- Phil Mendelsohn <mend0070 at tc.umn.edu> wrote: > > On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Joshua Jore wrote: > > > > > So, being a naive DSL user, what the heck is CAP > > and DMT and if my modem > > > doesn't do those yet why should it? > > > > Your modem does one of the two. They are two of the > > encoding formats for > > DSL. Think of AM/FM, or better the two incompatible > > formats that were > > in use for 56K (still are?) a couple of years ago. > > > > CAP is Carrierless Amplitude/Phase modulation, and > > DMT is discrete > > multi-tone. It's the physical layer. If it works, > > don't worry about it > > -- but you might look at which you're using. > > > > -- > > "To misattribute a quote is unforgivable." > > --Anonymous > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > ===== > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.12 > GAT GIT dpu- s:- a19 C++ UL P+ L+(++) E--- W+ N+ w(--) K? O-- M- V- PS+ > PE-(--) Y-- PGP-(---) t 5+++ X R tv-- b+++ D++ DI++ G e+ h+() r- y+ UF++ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > --Begin signature-- X ---End signature---