21 Jul
2001
21 Jul
'01
10:42 a.m.
What advantages does this ISDL offer over ISDN or DSL?
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Leo Rachor Jr." <george(a)racsys.rt.rain.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: DSL Woes
You folks might want to ask your local provider about
IDSL. IDSL uses
ISDN technology but is always on and here it is flat rate. Not as cheap
as DSL but not nearly as expensive as ISDN.
George Rachor
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George L. Rachor Jr. george(a)rachors.com
Hillsboro, Oregon http://rachors.com
United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Bill Pechter wrote:
DSl
won't be offered in my suburban area (21 miles from DT Dallas) until
3rd Qtr 2002, so I opted for ISDN. It was insanely easy to set up, it
costs about the same as DSL, but it never goes down. The download speed
is slower than DSL or cable, unlike most of the DSL or cable subscribers
around Dallas, the speed is a constant. My brother-in-law, who lives to
play TribesII or Unreal, has a cable modem that slows down drastically
at night when everyone is home and online. I'll probably get business
class DSL (5 static IP's and a dedicated router, 1.5mb dl. 384 up)when
it becomes available here, but I may keep the old reliable ISDN as a
backup anyway.
James
The problem is the ISDN in NJ can run you hundreds of dollars in
time charges... where DSL is flat rate per month.
Bill