I had dual ISDN from nynex in the 90s. 128k woohoo! It cost me $500+/mth. j
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Jeff Kell <jeff-k...@utc.edu> wrote: > On 6/10/2011 7:43 PM, Jeroen van Aart wrote: > > I wonder, what's wrong with dialup through ISDN? You get speed that is > > about the same as low end broadband I'd say. And I think it'd be > > available at these locations where DSL is not. > > Well, it "was" available. I had one ~15 years ago, and a Cisco 801 to > boot. There was a big build-out in some areas, the small-town local > Bell (not yet Borg'ed into the conglomerate) went all digital (well, > "digital" at the time) on their new nnx CO. Still recall the Northern > Telecom "network interface" boxes on the sides of houses. > > Closer to the city, it was "order and wait" as you had to be crossed > over or patched to the nearest ISDN CO. They weren't "wholesale" digital. > > Most of that has converted over to DSL. But ISDN is still available (we > have some video conferencing gear that uses bonded ISDN). > > Jeff > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -
