Digital or ISDN???

[hwmueller]

Hi

I have recently had a telephone line and digital tv installed (by ntl in the UK) and am confused by one issue. The company speaks of digital tv and thus that the telephone line also is digital. They claim however that it isn't ISDN. Is this possible? My modem is analogue and doesnt support ISDN. Can a phone line by digital but not ISDN? Would it damage my modem?

Thanks

Hans

 

[Guest_imported]

I would have thought the telephone line is either DIGITAL or ANALOGUE. If it's digital then you would have expected it to be served by the ISDN system (Integrated Systems Digital Network).

One way to establish what you've got is to look at the telephone socket the engineer has left for you. If it's an RJ-45 (8-pin) connector, then it's digital, and if it's the conventional BT type LJU socket, then it's analogue. I suspect you've got an analogue phone/modem connection. Also, how much are they charging for the use of the phone? If it's free, then I doubt it's digital...

ROGER - GØAOZ.