"Craig Southeren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > With ISDN, is there compression as there is on a modem? With emails
> > and HTML pages this compression works wonders and boosts downstream
> > speeds well over 64kbps - so the benefits of paying all that extra
> > money for ISDN line rental and its long-held calls (I can't remember
> > what the scheme is these days, but it is $thousands per year) are not
> > obvious to me, unless you need several 64K channels together for one
> > set of IP addresses.
>
> There is no compression with ISDN.
well kinda depends what protocol you run over the B channel.
For "normal" internet stuff, no, and you just run PPP so get
the ppp compression but no "hardware compression".
> OnRamp XPress costs $425 per month for a permanent 128k connection.
how's that? is it 2 x the NDD1 call plan (ie. < 25km call)?
cos that would be 2 x ($90pm + $135pm) = $450pm
Thanks for the info on BPD!
Dave.
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