1-Meg Modem

DSL modem created by Nortel March 2012 The 1-Meg Modem in telecommunications was1 Meg Modem End of Life http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=OVERVIEW&poid=8061 https://web.archive.org/web/20110714194643/http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=OVERVIEW&poid=8061 July 14, 2011 dead April 20, 2009 mdy-all a DSL modem created by Nortel which conforms to the ADSL Lite standard. http://www.modemhelp.org/dsl.html Highspeed Alternatives—DSL August 6, 2006 ModemHelp.Org https://web.archive.org/web/20060718223710/http://modemhelp.org/dsl.html July 18, 2006 The 1-Meg Modem was the first xDSL modem to gain approval and registration under FCC Part 68 Rules.NORTEL NETWORKS: Nortel Networks' 1-Meg Modem re receives FCC Part 68 Rules approval and registration September 1999 M2 Presswire History At the time the modem was released on August 8, 1997,http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nortel-northern-telecom-launches-mass-market-high-speed-internet-solution-77446392.html Nortel (Northern Telecom) Launches Mass-Market High-Speed Internet Solution www.prnewswire.com en 2017-03-13 telephone companies were fearing competition from cable modems. However, early DSL technology was too costly for wide deployment. By October 1998 Nortel claimed more than $1 billion in sales which, in their words, had "the potential for more than one million end-user lines." Nortel Networks October 21, 1998 Nortel Networks Expands 1-Meg Modem CPE Portfolio http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-21-1998/0000777239&EDATE= October 18, 2006 The modems were originally tested at Northern Illinois University dormitories and worked well even though the school's wiring was relatively old. Carter Wayne October 20, 1997 Nortel fills gap between analog, DSL: New 1-Meg Modem promises affordable high-speed access http://telephonyonline.com/mag/telecom_nortel_fills_gap/ Telephony Online August 6, 2006 Austen Ian April 30, 1998 Modem 'Lite' Offers Fast Web Access at Low Rates https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/30/technology/modem-lite-offers-fast-web-access-at-low-rates.html The New York Times May 23, 2008 Description The 1-Meg Modem can be deployed up to 18000 ft m from the central office providing a downstream bit rate of 960 kilobits per second (kbit/s) and a maximum upstream rate of 120 kbit/s over 24 gauge wire. The second generation could achieve a transfer rate of 1280 kbit/s downstream and 320 kbit/s upstream.Nortel Networks July 1998 http://www.nortel.com/products/01/dms-10/fpg/collateral/1mmpsi.pdf Nortel 1-Meg Modem: Next Generation Data Access June 23, 2006 PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20060503180538/http://www.nortel.com/products/01/dms-10/fpg/collateral/1mmpsi.pdf May 3, 2006 dead mdy-all Unlike most ADSL modems which use Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) virtual circuits to carry data, the 1-Meg Modem used Ethernet which makes the product easy for most residential users to install themselves but ill-suited for applications that require quality of service to be enforced. At the telephone company switch the installation was relatively simple when the switch was a Nortel DMS Switch. LaBarba Liane H. April 9, 2001 DSL Breaks the Rural Barrier http://telephonyonline.com/mag/telecom_dsl_breaks_rural/ Telephony Online August 6, 2006 The customer's line card must be swapped with a line card that supported the 1-Meg Modem, and also a card must be added to the drawer that would manage all data from the 1-Meg Modem cards in the drawer.September 2023 See also Bell 101 modem References 2 External links Product Overview Nortel (Northern Telecom) 1-Meg Modem Declared the Most Practical High-Speed Access Solution by Computer Reseller News Category:Modems Category:Nortel products Category:Digital subscriber line