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From: mitel!spock!grayt@uunet.uu.net (Tom Gray)
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Subject: Re: Why Does AT&T Supply ISDN Instead of Local Telco?
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Date: 28 Nov 90 16:39:38 GMT
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In article <14802@accuvax.nwu.edu>, CAPEK%YKTVMT.BITNET (Peter G.
Capek) writes: 

> 1) Why is AT&T, rather than my LEC, supplying ISDN service?

ISDN is a set of protocols. Any service provider can use the ISDN
protocols for its service. If ATT has a service that it is legally
able to provide to an individual site, then it can use ISDN protocols
or any other that it sees fit.

ISDN is not a service; it is a means of providing services. Both the
LEC and AT&T (or any other service provider) will provide their
services using ISDN. ISDN is not an end in itself; it is a means
of communicating. It will make new serivces possible but will not
define or (hopefully) limit them.