Network operators provide a service called Centrex and for that the public exchange is programmed to behave as a PBX / PABX. For data communication via an analog network or digital network with analog subscriber interfaces, a modem is required. For active Internet users who require continuous connection or higher data rates, circuit-switched services are expensive.
Network operators provide a service called Centrex and for that the public exchange is programmed to behave as a PBX / PABX. For data communication via an analog network or digital network with analog subscriber interfaces, a modem is required. For active Internet users who require continuous connection or higher data rates, circuit-switched services are expensive.
Network operators provide a service called Centrex and for that the public exchange is programmed to behave as a PBX / PABX. For data communication via an analog network or digital network with analog subscriber interfaces, a modem is required. For active Internet users who require continuous connection or higher data rates, circuit-switched services are expensive.
The corporate-wide PBX/PABX service can also be implemented without
any equipment investments in the company, that is, without physical
PABX equipment. Network operators provide a service called Centrex and for that the public exchange is programmed to behave as a PBX/PABX. One of the subscriber lines is set to operate as a switchboard line and the others make up a user group with abbreviated dialing and other PBX/PABX services. For data communication via an analog network or digital network with analog subscriber interfaces, a modem is required. The term modem comes from modulator/demodulator and it transmits data through a speech channel in voice frequency tones. If a subscriber has ISDN service, which is fully digital, no modem is needed and an end-to-end bidirectional 64- or 128-Kbps digital circuit is available with the help of a network terminal that takes care of the digital bidirectional transmission over the subscriber loop. For active Internet users who require continuous connection or higher data rates, circuit-switched services are expensive because the cost is based on the duration of the call and they do not provide high enough performance. An attractive access method for these types of users is ADSL, which provides data rates up to a few megabits per second with a fixed monthly fee.