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From: taras@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (T. Pryjma)
Date: Wed, 30-Dec-87 20:13:38 EST
Message-ID: <1987Dec30.201338.16917@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: ISDN in *your* life ..er.. *my* life anyway
References: <7862@g.ms.uky.edu>
Reply-To: taras@gpu.utcs.UUCP (T. Pryjma)

In article <7862@g.ms.uky.edu> david@E.MS.UKY.EDU (David Herron -- Resident E-mail Hack) writes:
# I'm curious about what sort of equipment I/we'll need to
# take advantage of this ISDN.  Obviously I can't just hook
# the phone cable up to a serial port on my computer.  But
# also just as obviously, since the signals shouldn't ever
# be analog then we can't call the box which hooks my computer
# to the "phone line" a "modem".
# 
Any new CO switch being shipped by any of the mojor manufacturers is
currently capable of ISDN.  Basically any equipment that is not 
capable of ISDN is very expensive to run.

# I had a taste of what can be a couple of weeks ago when I
# was evaluating the Telebit modem ... I can't wait!

I think that you are refering to the fact that ISDN is fast, but I wonder
if you will change your tune when you find out how much you have to pay for
ISDN.  Each phone company is different, but if you rates that PacTel was
charging for Project Victoria I am sure that you might still end up thinking
that the Telebit modem was still the better deal.
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