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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:34133 comp.sys.intel:31560 comp.unix.bsd:16150 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8162 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9241 comp.unix.misc:16024 comp.os.linux.development:23396 comp.os.linux.misc:35179 comp.os.386bsd.development:3192 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5358 comp.os.misc:3803 Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!bagpiper From: bagpiper@netcom.com (Michael Hunter) Subject: Re: X on dial-in Message-ID: <bagpiperD3wwEK.9K2@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.misc Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <3f44s2$jqm@maverick.maverick.tad.eds.com> <D3ME6C.14t@pe1chl.ampr.org> <D3ns6F.2w9@bonkers.taronga.com> <fgoldstein.156.00469051@bbn.com> <D3uD9t.6Fv@bonkers.taronga.com> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 00:08:44 GMT Lines: 24 Sender: bagpiper@netcom19.netcom.com Peter da Silva (peter@bonkers.taronga.com) wrote: [...] : For that matter, there's no technical reason *my* ISDN connection has to be : voice grade if I only want data grade. (isn't that a turnabout of terminology) :) : So there's no *technical* reason I couldn't call up the phone company and : say "I want to buy a chunk of 64Kbps low priority bandwidth" and have it : run anywhere from 0K to 64K depending on other load. Maybe it's only 10K : during the day, and bursty, or it gets a 5 second lag now and then when I : haven't sent any bits in a while... but it'd be cheaper for them than selling : me a voice line and dedicating 64K I'm not using for most of the call (while I : sit there and read news and browse www.somecompany.com) or having me tear down : and set up ISDN connections every couple of minutes. It sounds to me like your describeing an ISDN dialup into a FR net. Now I buy a 5K CIR. During off peak ours I get more... mph -- * Michael Hunter bagpiper@netcom.com or QUICS: mphunter