 Review by fozngoof 
UPDATED: 312 days ago
member for 5.1 years, 1235 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Temple,Bell,TX
 $14 per month (12 month contract)
 about 4 days
 Southwestern Bell
 "Finally got DSL after 2 years of ISDN"
 "Still waiting to see"
 "$35 / month beats the crap out of $75+ for ISDN"
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I was stuck on 26.4 dial up for years. I heard about ISDN from this forum, and after looking into it decided it was best for me.
SBC provides the line and I also use their SBC/YAHOO for an ISP.
Compared to DSL or Cable it is VERY expensive for a 128/128 connection, but it has great pings to games. (30-80 avg ping on Battlefield 1942 and Quake 3)
My average speed is 121/121.
I signed up for the 2yr deal so my monthly charge for the line is about $65/month. I also had to sign up for an ISP and it is about $20 / month.
It was installed on time and worked perfectly. (their end at least, I had some learning that had to be done for networking the first time)
SBC/Yahoo knows nothing about ISDN and they don't officially support it. So tech support is non existant on the ISP side.
I have not had any issues with the line itself so I can't really say anything about that.
When I ordered it though, the lady taking my order was very knowledgable and helpful. When the guy installed it, he also was very knowledgable and answered all my annoying questions. 
I use a 3COM OfficeConnect modem/router 3c892.
Dynammic IP
If you got the money, and you love to game, and you have no way of getting DSL or Cable ISDN is great.
UPDATE: Got DSL finally, but wanted to leave the ISDN info up
UPDATE #2: Upgraded to 3M DSL, pretty much flawless so far. My old house where I could only get 26.4 Dial-up is now finally has DSL (only took9 years...)
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