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How to setup 56k modem through high speed Internet?

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How to setup 56k modem through high speed Internet?

Rogers came to my office and changed the phone lines to cable for some transition program (mandatory).

But after that time, our 56k modem which we use for work reasons, stopped connecting even though it detects on the lower right Windows XP panel, and the power lights are on as usual.

Any way around this, like setting up a virtual 56k modem through the Internet?

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Assuming I'm reading this right, Rogers came in and installed VoIP that replaced a traditional landline.
If so, you're pretty much boned. VoIP isn't meant to handle data (with the exception of T.38 that's designed for faxing)

Talk to the IT guy at work and ask him to get with the times and use a VPN.
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death_hawk wrote: Assuming I'm reading this right, Rogers came in and installed VoIP that replaced a traditional landline.
If so, you're pretty much boned. VoIP isn't meant to handle data (with the exception of T.38 that's designed for faxing)

Talk to the IT guy at work and ask him to get with the times and use a VPN.

Not necessarily. My inlaws have Rogers Home Phone, and they're still on dialup. Works fine.

I'd guess OP's company is on some sort of business plan, which has the codec for dialup disabled. Probably could have it turned on for an extra charge.
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JAC wrote: Not necessarily. My inlaws have Rogers Home Phone, and they're still on dialup. Works fine.
They're probably still using POTS.
My parents had Rogers home phone too over Bell POTS and then they came in and replaced it with VOIP over coax. I have a feeling death_hawk has it right. I'm guessing they're still using dial-up for a reason so VPN might not be an answer.
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Digital_Domain wrote: They're probably still using POTS.
My parents had Rogers home phone too over Bell POTS and then they came in and replaced it with VOIP over coax. I have a feeling death_hawk has it right. I'm guessing they're still using dial-up for a reason so VPN might not be an answer.

No, it's definitely Rogers VOIP.
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> But after that time, our 56k modem which we use for work reasons, stopped connecting

Is your computer modem connected to the VOIP box?


RE: whether or not you can do dial-up over VOIP, in theory, it should be possible. VOIP is basically taking the analogue sounds from regular telephone (in this case, it would be the raspy sounds a modem makes), digitizing it, then sending that info over the internet.

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