That is a service sometimes referred to as IDSL. Several DSL providers offered this to clients who were outside of the standard DSL areas.
IMHO, DSL is an interim strategy. It is a way for the phone companies to utilize existing copper technology. Verizon (nee Bell Titanic, nee Nynex, nee New England Telephone) tariffed ISDN to the point where it was out of the reach of local subscribers until it was too late. These companies (the not so baby bells) are very large, top heavy, businesses with a long history of being the phone monopoly. Currently the cable TV guys can supply analog and digital TV, digital phone service, and Internet both to homes and to businesses. Verizon also has serious problems because they must also provide switching services. On 18 Feb 2002 at 16:36, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Marc Evans wrote: > >> How far are you from your CO (or DLC/SLIC box)? If you are over 18,000 > >> feet or so, DSL is out-of-the-question, regardless. > > > > The DLC/SLC issue is a far bigger problem ... > > It can also be an advantage. I live something like 9 miles (almost 50,000 > feet) from the CO. However, my lines come out of a SLIC hut less than 6,000 > feet from my house. When Vitts Networks was still in business, they used > something they called IDSL. It was apparently an ISDN line hacked into > working like DSL. It was limited to 144 kilobits/sec, but it was much > cheaper than standard ISDN, and it did not require any special equipment at > the SLIC station (other than a standard ISDN card). > > -- > Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | > | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | > | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | > > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** -- 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. *****************************************************************
