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From: jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: ISDN
Message-ID: <17941@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 25 Dec 88 18:14:51 GMT
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Reply-To: jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle)
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      ISDN may be an idea whose time has passed.  Optical networks are
coming, and it's very possible that delivery of TV signals will be over
the same medium used for voice and data, especially into homes.  ISDN
offers only 64Kb data, and with modems at 14Kb, the benefits of rewiring
the entire phone plant for ISDN are marginal, especially since the cutover
to optical is already beginning.  

					John Nagle