56k versus any other high speed

[John1397]

Can someone explain in technical terms why the speed on 56k can not be as fast as on higher speed as with the new phone line's  being fiber optic it seems that 56k, phone and high speed are all traveling thru the same cable?

John

[reddevilggg]

They are not traveling through the same cable. Fiber optic travels through a fiber optic cable and broadband (including the slower 56K modem) travel through copper cable.

56k modems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56_kbit/s_modem

broadband
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband

fiber-optic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber-optic_communication

[John1397]

My lines from telephone company are all fiber optic do not have no more copper would think that when all copper is replaced with fiber optic speed should be the same.

John

[kpac]

My lines from telephone company are all fiber optic do not have no more copper would think that when all copper is replaced with fiber optic speed should be the same.

John

Fibre optic is too expensive to install everywhere.

[reddevilggg]

Your lack of punctuation makes your post difficult to understand.

Do you have fiber-optic to your door ??  If so, do you have fiber-optic to your PC ??

Or do the fiber-optic cables go to a box at the end of your street ??

If you have fiber-optic why, exactly, are you asking about 56k ?

[soybean]

I believe that, even if you have fiber-optic lines right up to your door, you will still be limited to 56K if you're paying for a dial-up Internet service and you're using a 56K modem.  And, you can't magically transform a 56K dial-up service to a much faster broadband service by merely eliminating the 56K modem and getting a DSL or cable modem. 

In other words, if you want broadband, which genearlly means DSL or cable, you need to pay for that service and then that's what you'll get.  And, I believe fiber-optic cabling by, in the case of DSL, is not necessary for DSL.  As far as I know, the local phone company that provides my 3.0 Mbps DSL still has copper lines in my area. 

[John1397]

I have fiber optic cable from telephone company right to the house where the box changes the signal to 2 outputs one is two wire phone and other is 2 wire network cable just seems like the phone and network signal are coming down the same wire that is why I am wondering why it could not be as fast?

John

[reddevilggg]

What speed is it ??

If you provided more information, we would have more to go on !!

[John1397]

They have different speeds like 1m and 3m, but I was just thinking that if the cable from the server to my computer were all fiber optic that they being a 56k provider could supply higher speeds although I know it wold cost more.

John

[reddevilggg]

that they being a 56k provider could supply higher speeds
John

A 56k provider ??   

And you have fiber-optic cable with a 56k provider, it doesn't make sense !

[soybean]

They have different speeds like 1m and 3m, but I was just thinking that if the cable from the server to my computer were all fiber optic that they being a 56k provider could supply higher speeds although I know it wold cost more.

Obviously, you need to contact your telephone company and/or cable company and find out what broadband Internet access they provide.  This information is probably on their website.

[Allan]

Unless I missed it, nobody has asked how you connect to the Internet.

[reddevilggg]

Unless I missed it, nobody has asked how you connect to the Internet.

I wasn't specific, but i've asked for more information.

[soybean]

Unless I missed it, nobody has asked how you connect to the Internet.

I didn't ask that question but my comments about modems in my first post is relevant to this point and he has not responded directly to those comments. 

[Allan]

I really wasn't criticizing anyone, I was just trying to get an answer to the question from the OP.