What advantages does this ISDL offer over ISDN or DSL?
Dick
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From: "George Leo Rachor Jr." <george_at_racsys.rt.rain.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_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
>
> =========================================================
> George L. Rachor Jr. george_at_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
> >
>
>
Received on Sat Jul 21 2001 - 10:42:36 BST