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From: mdr@dduck.ctt.bellcore.com (Mike Rychener)
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Subject: What can ISDN be used for
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Date: 15 Sep 90 18:38:59 GMT
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With ISDN, it is apparently possible to carry on several communications
simultaneously, including data and voice and Fax, etc.  That alone would
save on the number of physical phone lines needed.

I can imagine newspapers, entertainment (movies, concerts), magazines,
video news, all customized to individual preferences, arriving on your
terminal (which could be a wall-sized display, sometime soon).  This
could be a daily (overnight) service.  Also, how about video
teleconferencing, either real-time or time-shifted.  These all assume
substantially more bandwidth than the original ISDN, of course.  And
let's get rid of the Postal Service.

Mike Rychener