DSL Woes

From: James L. Rice <jrice_at_texoma.net>
Date: Sat Jul 21 08:56:01 2001

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

Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> 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
>
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