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<title>ISDN is the future</title>
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<description><![CDATA[keywords: NYNEX New York Telephone ISDN Pathways advertisement

From Scientific American August 1986

So whatever happened to ISDN? :D]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-20 15:25:40</pubDate>
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<title>Got ISDN covered--IDSL?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20788117</link>
<description><![CDATA[Okay I have been googling around for a while now but not found anything in the way of satisfactory information on IDSL.

I've recently set up a new ISDN line at my mother's place and it's working well, but through this I had been wondering if IDSL were the way to go instead. I had already asked AT&T (no longer Bellsouth) about IDSL and the person who took my ISDN order had never heard of it before. So I went ahead and ordered ISDN instead.

I understand that IDSL is a tad faster, and that it uses both B-Channels as well as the D-Channel to accomplish this. That means no telephone use over the same line, however, the always-on, no-dial nature of IDSL is still appealing to me. Now that I actually have an ISDN line to my location, can I now get IDSL? How can I go about doing this if so? As I am guessing, AT&T will be of no help--I was actually speaking to an ISDN worker who mentioned he had never heard of IDSL by the way, just an fyi as I already know that the rest of AT&T does not seem to know that ISDN even exists. What kind of cost difference would I be looking at for ISDN? Would the cost of the line and the ISP access be split, or from the same entity? It is a little confusing and as I can't find anyone to even ask about giving me this service I'm more than clueless. Thanks for any info.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-14 09:20:29</pubDate>
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<title>ISDN Questions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm looking into other broadband options, as Sprint has now decided that I am not an ideal mobile broadband user.

Right now, there are 3 options available to me (as I know). The first is satellite, which I'd rather not get into, in part because of FAP threats, and also due to ping times. The second is wireless, which is iffy in my area (it would mandate the installation of a 50+ ft tower, at $1700+). Finally, we come to ISDN. Basically, I'm hoping to get information to make a better decision.

I have local phone service through AT&T, in the 979-279-xxxx area.

1. I think I've heard mention that not all calls within an area code are considered local for an ISDN line, specifically when it goes from one carrier to another. Can someone verify that? Is there any simple way to determine what would be considered local?

2. From what I understand of the process, to get everything running, I would need: 1. AT&T to come out and install the line + 140$ jack, 2. A terminal adapter to replicate a modem. 3. an ISP with some form of special support for (banding?) of the 2 B channels. Is that about it?

2a. Whats involved in getting everything to work? (where everything=internet access) Is it a relatively simple process, or will I end up pulling hair out for days on end?

3. Any specific ISP recommendations given 979-279-xxxx? I've heard Localnet mentioned several times, though they don't have anything specific to 279 (thus the first question).

4. Overall, is there anything I should know about? be aware of? Gotcha's which I will be kicking myself over in many weeks to come?

5. IDSL. From what I've heard of it, it involves (bonding) the 2B channels and the D channel, and something about bypassing (voice exchange) at CO. Is that mildly accurate? Is there any specific advantage to it other then the extra 14kbps, and the non-dialup nature? What's the average price for it? Is it still being offered anywhere?

That's all I have for now, Thanks for any information.

-Matt]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-14 23:11:52</pubDate>
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<title>is this right for me</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I cant get dsl in my area or cable or 3g 

so im left with sat or idns I dislike how low the cap is on sat. I alread ck to see there are no caps on the isdn line or isp I will be getting 

so my ? is how will do do playing online gaming is bandwith a issue when doing that?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-05-14 14:47:31</pubDate>
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<title>Can&#x27;t get RH348 networked properly.</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20788143</link>
<description><![CDATA[Okay, I have in my possession a Netgear RH348, and I am trying to determine if there is something that I am totally missing about the use of this router, or if it is somehow defective.

I have run the ISDN setup on this box. It finds and connects my ISDN numbers & SPIDs perfectly. I get a dialtone from both of my phone numbers.

I have run the internet setup on this box. It dials and connects, single channel and multilink without any issue--it also connects with the BOD setting, however, I have not been able to see if it adds the second channel as needed for one very simple reason:

I CANNOT GET THIS ROUTER TO PASS ALONG ITS ISP INTERNET CONNECTION TO ANY COMPUTER! This has been a real hair-puller for me, my computer does in fact see the router and it is set up via DHCP, Gateway address is correct, it is assigned an IP adjacent to the router's, the subnet is also identical, and yet I cannot get a connection to any web page, email, instant message, game server, you name it, if it's on the internet, I can't ping it, and I can't for the life of me figure out why. Is this router not passing along the DNS for my ISP? This is the only thing I can guess, but I would have to wonder why the heck this is so. Has anyone managed to get this router to function properly online? Did you do anything peculiar to get DNS from it? I really like this router as it seems to be a very no-nonsense one, but it is useless to me for anything but a phone backup if I cannot get it to pass along an internet connection to my computers. Do I have a lemon on my hands?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-14 09:27:41</pubDate>
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