On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Jerry Feldman wrote: > True. Ziplink, the ISP in Lowell, at one time had a very extensive set of > web pages on ISDN and how to order it. > ISDN (for consumer use) is broken up into 3 channels: > 2 are 64K and the third is for control. You can bind the 2 64K channels > into one for an effective 128K. DOVB, I think, is limited to 56K, but it is > a digital bidirectional 56K where you analog 56K is never going to be above > 50 (on a dialup), and it's assymetrical.
and most ISDN devices support bonding those two together for 112K, which isn't bad. > Before you order ISDN, check with the ISP on their recommendations. > When ordering ISDN, the phone company used to be clueless. Yeah, they're still pretty bad. FWIW I actually have VISDN (Virtual ISDN) as the switch in Jaffrey can't handle ISDN, so my local calling area for the ISDN numbers is Keene. A little funky at times but works fairly well none the less. It's gone out a couple of times...but usually fixed fairly quickly. The big problem is if it fails on the weekends, when the ISDN people don't work! --rdp > On 18 Feb 2002 at 16:43, Rich Payne wrote: > > > > Another possibility is ISDN(a bit better than dialup). Verizon has been > > > very slow to set up tarrifs that make this cost effective. > > > > ISDN isn't bad, it's not DSL or cable level bandwidth, but it is a hell of > > a lot better than analog phone lines. The trick is of course to use Data > > over Voice to your ISP using a local number, otherwise 24x7 access costs > > around $1600 a month in ISDN charges! > > > > --rdp > > > > -- > > Rich Payne > > http://talisman.mv.com > > > > -- > Jerry Feldman > Portfolio Partner Engineering > 508-467-4315 http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/linux/ > > Compaq Computer Corp. > 200 Forest Street MRO1-3/F1 > Marlboro, Ma. 01752 > > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** > -- Rich Payne http://talisman.mv.com ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
