Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!lll-winken!telecom-request From: ac220@cleveland.freenet.edu (Rich Szabo) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Help Needed Understanding ISDN Message-ID: Date: 27 Apr 91 19:18:24 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Reply-To: ac220@cleveland.freenet.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 10 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 309, Message 3 of 12 I am sketchy on how ISDN interacts and co-exists with Plain Old Telephone Service. Does an ISDN line have a "phone number?" If so, what happens if I dial this number from a Plain Old Telephone? Can an ISDN line be used as a voice line so that I don't need a POTS line in addition? Rich Szabo 216-662-1112 internet:ac220@cleveland.freenet.edu rszabo@attmail.com <-- Real Soon Now, so they say