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Re: WiMAX - is this another ISDN

I had ISDN, you could get 64k, when you bonded the 2 channels for the full 128k.
It took a few weeks to get installed (pacbell engineers had to be talked into(reference cavemen and living in the dark ages) doing the install, they said it was too far(dirty lines)) but once it was working it was great, till they started double billing me and charging outrageous amounts for going over, charged by the minute.
I also remember they wanted to charge me full for the 3 weeks I didnt have any service, including a phone.

Then they killed ISDN by coming out with DSL for 100$ cheaper.
jdir

join:2001-05-04
Santa Clara, CA

Re: WiMAX - is this another ISDN

OO wow - 128Kbits !! with that speed, it take a week to download the latest Linux ISO CDs. Wooohooo!! 128Kbits... man, and those Korean/Japan ISP are offering 10Mbits for $19.95 or less?

LilYoda
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Re: WiMAX - is this another ISDN

Most useless post of the week...

At the time ISDN was out, it was the fastest speed you could get on a residential access... We're talking 10 to 15 years ago here... DSL did not even exist, much less the current FTTH or FTTN projects.

And YES, at the time, it took me weeks to download the 50 floppies it took to install Slackware Linux 0.99pl13.
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