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From: cliff@garnet.berkeley.edu (Cliff Frost)
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Subject: Re: Access to the electronic frontier: ISDN
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Date: 18 Mar 91 23:56:12 GMT
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In article <9928@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, randolph@cognito.Eng.Sun.COM (Randolph Fritz) writes:
|> well.  It's potentially quite cheap -- after an initial installation
|> fee, the rate is about twice the cost of a regular phone line and the
|> data transmission rate is over six times that of our fastest
|> (voice-band) modems, which would probably pay for itself after only a
|> few loads.

Actually, the tarrifs around here are $29.50/month for 2B+D, and since
that gives you both a voice and a data line it is not much more than
two regular service lines, one for voice and one for data.

But I don't think six times faster is really true now, what with V.32bis/
V.42bis modems hitting the market for less than $400 each.  Suppose
you can get 38.4Kb/s with a $300 modem over voice grade lines, would you
still be so anxious for ISDN (with its $200 install and $1,500 Terminal
Adaptor)?

I'm used to working in a large network, so I don't really know what your
concerns are, but I'd guess that the major problem facing small business
folks is network management rather than throughput.

This may be totally off-base, though.  It would be interesting to know
exactly what kinds of things you envision doing with ISDN lines.

	Cliff Frost
	UC Berkeley