Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!xylogics!bu.edu!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!boomer From: boomer@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Rich Akerboom) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: SLIP? Message-ID: <24023@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 31 Aug 90 21:16:59 GMT References: <5395@mace.cc.purdue.edu> <28880014@hpisod2.HP.COM> Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Lines: 38 In <28880014@hpisod2.HP.COM> jem@hpisod2.HP.COM (Jim McCauley) writes: >In reply to the message from kdb@macaw.intercon.com, >gsnow@pro-freedom.cts.com (Gary Snow) wrote at 1:05 am Aug 30, 1990: >> What is SLIP, and yes I would also like to have some more information >> on this as well. >To the best of my understanding, SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) [... stuff deleted ...] >SLIP for home computers will probably begin to come into its own when >the regional Bell operating companies (RBOCs) begin offering >Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) lines for residential >connections. These could allow TCP/IP communications from the home to >the Internet at rates as high as 128 kbit/sec. But don't hold your >breath, especially if you're served by Pathetic Telesis... >Jim McCauley jem@hpulpcu3.cup.hp.com (408) 447-4993 Here in vermont we are served by Nynex. I was surveyed a few months ago about my interest in potential new services, such as call forward but can still pickup, etc. AND ISDN! I told them I was very interested in ISDN, especially since the prices they were mentioning were cheaper than a second business line, and as I understand it, an ISDN connection has a minimum of 2 64Kb voice or data lines and one 9.6Kb control line. I hope they move on this fast! One reason that they may be doing this in vermont is that we are a relatively small market, suitable for testing, and the state and phone company have an agreement here that allows Nynex to introduce whatever new services they want with out any regulation, in return for agreeing to keep the cost of a basic residential service the same. Hoping for ISDN in the green mountains, rich -- Rich Akerboom Internet, etc.: boomer@eleazar.dartmouth.edu Sylvan Software UUCP: decvax!dartvax!eleazar!boomer P. O. Box 566 Telephone: (802) 649-2238 Norwich, VT 05055 USA