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[glorifiedg790]

Need some help. Cant get Dsl. Wondering if anyone has any advice on ISDN

 

[spidey07]

Its expensive and slow. Call your local telephone company if you want it though.

 

[bluestrobe]

As I recall it requires 2 dedicated phone lines for the 128kb service. It has the same limitations as DSL though such as distance from the provider, availability, and phone line quality, ect.

 

[jst0ney]

get satellite before isdn

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: bluestrobe
As I recall it requires 2 dedicated phone lines for the 128kb service. It has the same limitations as DSL though such as distance from the provider, availability, and phone line quality, ect.

ISDN does not depend on distance/quality.

It is a digital service that came around in the early 90s offering two 64 KB bearer channels and a subesquent 16 Kb control channel. To this day ISDN is used primarily for voice applications such as a PRI/T1 to provide dedicated voice links/trunks between providers and CBX/PBX systems. Also used for 56K dial-up applications because it provides a digital interface to voice lines.

Its expensive because it is a switched service (meaning to the provider you are tying up 56/64k channels while in use), charging (normally) a per minute type of service similar to dial-up.

 

[bluestrobe]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: bluestrobe
As I recall it requires 2 dedicated phone lines for the 128kb service. It has the same limitations as DSL though such as distance from the provider, availability, and phone line quality, ect.

ISDN does not depend on distance/quality.

It is a digital service that came around in the early 90s offering two 64 KB bearer channels and a subesquent 16 Kb control channel. To this day ISDN is used primarily for voice applications such as a PRI/T1 to provide dedicated voice links/trunks between providers and CBX/PBX systems. Also used for 56K dial-up applications because it provides a digital interface to voice lines.

Its expensive because it is a switched service (meaning to the provider you are tying up 56/64k channels while in use), charging (normally) a per minute type of service similar to dial-up.

Thanks for the info. I just remember it tieing up 2 phone lines though when in use.

 

[bgroff]

Depending on where you live... I can speak on old SWBell land a bit. Generally a home line was around $40 plus taxes/fees. This included flat billing, meaning no per minute charges in the local calling area. The ISP portion was an additional $30-40 bucks for 128k depending on where you looked. It isn't going to be blazing speed, and if you can get ISDN there's a good chance you can get IDSL (DSL over ISDN). IDSL is a little cheaper than dialup ISDN w/ provider and uses the Bearer and Delta (2b+d) channels for data. Its as slow as dialup ISDN, but can cost less and provide all the time access like DSL. Hope this helps!

 

[skyking]

I worked on one office system that had to have isdn, they were just a bit far away from anywhere for dsl. It was frustrating to kick out 80$ a month when dsl at the time was the same price.
As everyone said before, contact you telco, and any other telco's that advertise service in your area. One of them should be able to help you. Sometimes, you'll get lucky and find one of these new telco's with a CO close enough for dsl, while looking around

 

[Zolty]

It doesnt tie up 2 phone lines, it just drops one of the lines when a call goes in or out. It is really nice if it works, but plan on paying around 50-75/month for the service and 2 phone lines. Satalite might be cheaper, and faster.