21 Jul
2001
21 Jul
'01
1:24 p.m.
Here in Dallas, Southwestern Bell ISDN service is flat rate, no time
charges at all. I have two lines at my house, one router goes to the
internet, and one to my office in downtown Dallas. That one I use to
connect to our lan and through there, I bounce out to six remote sites
as well.
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