Well its a business line so I don't really know what it costs (its billed centrally). You have to pay BT (no surprise I'm sure) for rental but I believe this is now less than getting a 2nd line and you get some call allowances included in the rental. ISP costs �30, varies depending on package, e.g. �10 for a "redeye special" up to �140 for a dedicated port (which is a lot cheaper than its closest equivalent, getting a leased line). Throughput of ~15 Kilobytes/sec (bi-directional) is normal when using both channels (i.e 128Kbps really gives 128Kbps). The speed difference is obviously not as great as broadband but I don't know anyone using 128K ISDN instead of BB. There is the advantage of dial up normally taking less than 1 second (and without the lovely tones of a squeekbox modem too). If you have more than 1 user in the house and/or a small network it makes a lot of sense. You can generally use 64K ISDN dialup with most ISPs bog standard unmetered accounts. Dialup is cheaper but if you get that 2nd line I think ISDN might turn out more cost effective.
>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Phil Deane >Sent: 27 August 2002 22:32 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Scottish] [OT] Need an ISP > > >On Tuesday 27 August 2002 22:15, Michael Cameron wrote: >> If you are not likely to be in a broadband area for some time >you may want >> to consider ISDN. Depends what you need but there are now 128K unmetered >> packages around for ~�30 p.m. and I picked up a router of ebay for �25 >> recently (DSL and cable roll out ensures that ISDN kit is cheap). >> > > >Is �30pm all you pay? no charges etc? Is the sped difference >great. What is >your normal kb/s download? > > > >-- > >Phil Deane >http://www.MiracleExpress.force9.co.uk > > >_______________________________________________ >Scottish mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish > _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
