Info/Help with adsl in Switzerland

I am trying to help set up a business colleague with adsl in
Switzerland. She needs adsl and two analogue lines.

She has been advised to buy an isdn package with adsl and has already
subscribed.

I understand that, unlike the UK, adsl can co-exist with isdn. Is
there a different modulation/encapsulation standard for adsl there to
allow this? I am told that she needs an 'isdn variant' adsl router?

Apparently she needs a 'splitter' which is quite different from the
simple filters that we use here with analogue lines. Can anyone
advise on how this works and what else I would have to fit to enable
her to get two analogue lines out of this package?

I hope there are some good Telecoms generalists who won't mind being
asked these questions on a UK group.

Many thanks in advance for your help,

Regards,

Mark.

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:58:58 -0800, Mark wrote:

> I am trying to help set up a business colleague with adsl in
> Switzerland. She needs adsl and two analogue lines.
>

> Apparently she needs a 'splitter' which is quite different from the
> simple filters that we use here with analogue lines. Can anyone
> advise on how this works and what else I would have to fit to enable
> her to get two analogue lines out of this package?



In Switzerland, ISDN phone handsets are common - you can buy them in
department stores.

On a single ISDN line you can chain multiple
devices (I can't remember the technical term for this - something like
sub-address) so you can have multiple phones (end-stations) on an ISDN line.
As you get two B channels (plus the signalling
D-channel) in an ISDN install each phone handset can use a channel
on a separate number.
http://www.wharfetel.co.uk/isdn2.htm

Swisscom has an English-language site:
http://www.swisscom.com/pr/content/home/index_EN.html
And this site looks useful: http://www.enter-adsl.ch/dt/home.asp

Have a look at the kit lists in this document:
http://www.enter-adsl.ch/bilder/tool/ADSLEquipment.pdf




But you might be better asking the question on uk.telecom

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:58:58 -0800, Mark wrote:

> I am trying to help set up a business colleague with adsl in
> Switzerland. She needs adsl and two analogue lines.
>
ps. your colleague really should just visit the local Swisscom shop,
and the local Inter Discount.
She'll need an ISDN handset, and I assume an ISDN fax machine for
the other line if needed.
(I'm speculating here - I guess ISDN fax machines exist).