DSL Woes

I'm not sure what the current status is, but back in '95 or so, we had enough ISDN customers to warrant a server just for them. Our customers certainly didn't complain back then, since ISDN offered flexibility and performance not available on a DS0 service costing 5x as much. I was somewhat surprised, after attempting to get ISDN service here at my house, as DSL wasn't yet being offered, to learn that Emanuel Stiebler has ISDN at his somewhat remote mountain home. With all the limits on distance from the C.O. I'd have been the last to expect to get ISDN service so far from town. Nevertheless, if you have any questions about ISDN and the quality of service, I'd say it might be useful to ask him. Everyone else I know who once used ISDN has gone to DSL or some other level of service. My neighbor has a really high-bandwidth microwave link to some obscure ISP and he tells me he's getting the equivalent (in bursts) of DS3 rates. I've yet to visit his newly organized facility, but with the hardware I've seen him bring in over the past half-year, I don't doubt his claim. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey S. Sharp" <jss(a)subatomix.com> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 10:20 PM Subject: RE: DSL Woes