wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK
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Re: Got ISDN covered--IDSL?
said by ATTek  :said by wierdo :said by Squidii :One of the little independent phone companies ( cyber.. something ) supposedly offered IDSL out of my CO, so I called and asked. He explained I was to far away for it. To which I said, but, I have ISDN, I'm pretty sure that is the requirement, then he said, "Oh, no, IDSL works differently it uses high frequencies and you have to have filters..". So, good luck. I've yet to find anyone who knew what I was talking about. It does work differently. Not really It can't be provisioned through a SLC like regular ISDN, Yes it can and IIRC it can't use ISDN repeaters. Yes it can It's better than ADSL because it's good out to at least 18kft, often much farther.
Much further...because it can run through the same equipment as ISDN. In the west we (Bell) never installed these for end users. Covad normally leases these from us and resells them. As far as the Telco is concerned, it's an ISDN that doesn't terminate on our office equipment. Perhaps SWB was just being rude. Or maybe it requires different cards that they didn't stock. Or possibly they were claiming not to be capable of running IDSL through a SLC just because they didn't want to burn 3 channels on the backhaul for the UNE price.
Either way, SWB claimed to be unable to provision IDSL through a SLC.
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It's wierdo, not weirdo. Yes, I know that's not the 'proper' spelling of the similar english language word.  |
