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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!news.co.intel.com!chnews!itnews.sc.intel.com!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!newsreader.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-5.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-9.sprintlink.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!hunter.premier.net!netnews worldnet.att.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.net.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: [Q] ISP :new to ISDN : Pointers? Date: 26 Jun 1996 00:19:56 -0500 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4qqh9s$ec@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4q5815$h7l@news.corpcomm.net> <Pine.3.91.960618005848.5013D-100000@fog.cs.odu.edu> <4q6ijt$rsv@hops.entertain.com> <31C9C03C.22722C64@lambert.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Terry Lambert (terry@lambert.org) wrote: : TCI, are you listening? I know you are going 10Mbit/S via : cable modem in Phoenix in late 1996/early 1997. Come to : Tucson, and you can have me and most of my friends in the : area. It's unlikely that ISDN will be dumped in favor of : FR, or the prices dropped to anywhere near the prices range : you are charging for @HOME ( http://www.athome.com ) : service... act now and solidify your market. Do you know how much frame relay costs ? Is it practical from an end-user point of view ? How does it compare with ADSL (if you don't mind the crappy transmit bandwith). How much is ADSL in the states ? Pointers would be greatfully appreciated. Unfortunately, England is a bit backwards in this respect. ISDN costs £400 (~$600) for installation and one of the biggest cable companies (Videotron) still thinks that "on-demand video" (the same technology as ADSL?) is a great _new_ idea. Frame relay is just not advertised - as if the technology was never invented. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....