Devices used to prepare digital data for transmission over the public switched telephone network (PSTN) include modems, which modulate digital signals into analog for transmission and demodulate incoming analog signals back into digital form. Additionally, routers may be employed to manage data traffic and ensure efficient routing over the network. Digital signal processors (DSPs) can also be utilized to optimize signal quality and reduce noise during transmission.
how we use Public switched telephone networks to carry all our digital contents
Regional central offices connecting central offices from different regions Analog and digital connections
The set of standards for digital transmission of data over standard copper telephone lines is ISDN
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_is_the_data_and_imformation_transimited_over_public_telephone_network,public switched telephone networks and intergrated service digital networks.
Integrated Services Digital Network (Integrated Services Digital Network) An international standard for switched, digital dial-up telephone service for voice and data.
A modem (modulator-demodulator) converts digital data from a computer into analog signals for transmission over telephone lines or other communication mediums. It modulates digital signals into analog form for sending and demodulates incoming analog signals back into digital data for the computer. This process enables devices to communicate over various types of networks, such as DSL, cable, or fiber-optic connections. Essentially, the modem serves as a bridge between digital devices and the analog transmission infrastructure.
Cellular Telephones is using the Integrated Services Digital Network ISDN while the Cordless Telephone is using the Public Switched Telephone Network PSTN, same with ordinary telephone.
56 kbps is ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network), which uses a switched circuit to connect from point to point. 45 Mbps is probably DS3.
it is a telephone which is digital and it has a computer inside it
Actually you have this backwards, the telephone lines can only carry analogue signals (voice band, 20Hz to 3KHz) not digital signals.The device that converts digital signals to analogue signals for transmission over telephone lines is called a phone MoDem(this stands for phone modulator demodulator). At the opposite end of the line it of course converts the telephone analogue signals back to digital signals.
Integrated service Digital network. ISDN is a circuit-switched telephone network system, that also provides access to packet switched networks, designed to allow digital transmission of voice and data over ordinary telephone copper wires, resulting in better voice quality than an analog phone. It offers circuit-switched connections (for either voice or data), and packet-switched connections (for data), in increments of 64 kbit/s. Another major market application is Internet access, where ISDN typically provides a maximum of 128 kbit/s in both upstream and downstream directions (which can be considered to be broadband speed, since it exceeds the narrowband speeds of standard analog 56k telephone lines). ISDN B-channels can be bonded to achieve a greater data rate, typically 3 or 4 BRIs (6 to 8 64 kbit/s channels) are bonded.
Public Switched Telephone Service encompasses all forms of telecommunications that need to be switched from the calling device, to the receiving device. This includes analogue, Digital, cellular and VOIP, where part or all of the call transmission has to pass through a Public Switch. Only VOIP has the ability of circumventing the need to use a central exchange, but with the majority of telephone connections being NON-VOIP, it will be some time before VOIP supercedes normal telephony. Please note that I have listed the technologies in the correct chronological sequence.