Unnamed Administration sources reported that Ross Lindahl said:
>
> Gents
> There is some really good info out there. The Macmallian Information
> Super library (mcp.com). James Brice wrote a very useful book on using
> ISDN. It really does depend on what you want to use it for. Most people
> wanted ISDN for data and have their pots line free for voice stuff. DSL
> pretty much took over that venue. ISDN never took off. Plus all calls
> are metered.
You propagate some of the myths that dog ISDN.
ISDN *is not* always metered. Some ILEC's, under some plans,
meter it. Others do not. Remember we have ~100 different ILEC
tariffs in the US. (Say 2 per state..)
I use a "B" for ISP access. Each call costs me 8c. I tend to
leave them up for a while. (Yes, it IS possible to have a really
long call...)
It is 100% true that the ILEC have done all they could to squash
ISDN. This while they spend big money offering it. Left hand/Right
hand.
In some forms, such as PRI and BRI Centrex, ISDN is a major
success. Here Inside the Beltway, Centrex is very important to
Darth's bottom line.
Now, I've no idea what the story is re: Panasonic's ISDN support.
I've heard it is very limited. (I'm SHOCKED, just SHOCKED!) If it
were done well:
BRI: offer MSN {multiple subscriber number} support for the
64 DN's a BRI can handle. BRI *stations* as well as trunks.
PRI: multi-tenant on one PRI; looking at the called number
and handling appropriately.
But does it? Not from what I've heard.
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