asterisk20xx
join:2008-04-22
Marshall, TX
 ·AT&T Southwest
|  Bye bye ISDN
Well, it was a great learning experience fiddling with a Cisco 804, and was kinda nifty to have an ISDN connection, but the speed just wasn't enough to satisfy me.
After 6 months of 128k ISDN I've finally given up on it and have had a T1 installed. Expensive? Very. Worth it? Definitely!
It's almost like getting the internet for the first time again. After half a year of browsing with images and flash and javascript disabled, suddenly being able to do something trivial like, checking the weather forecast, without having to wait a minute or two is very refreshing.
I'll still keep the ISDN for voice. It sounds 5 times better then my POTS or cellphone. And I'll keep lurking around the ISDN forum too. You folks have helped me a lot and I'll return the favor by helping someone else if I get the chance.
Here's hoping that cable or DSL comes my way before my 3 year T1 contract ends. And to everyone else on this board even sooner  |
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wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK | What are you paying for the T1, if you don't mind me asking? |
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RedSurf
join:2002-12-21
East Bernard, TX | reply to asterisk20xx
WOW a T1 - sounds like you are enjoying it already.
Have fun and good luck. |
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asterisk20xx
join:2008-04-22
Marshall, TX
·AT&T Southwest
| reply to wierdo
wierdo: Monthly it'll be $350 + tax from AT&T. I'm estimating that'll be around $400 total. The installation I'm estimating to be around $1,200. ($350 for 1st month, $350 for next month that AT&T always charges in advance, $250 for circuit install, and $200 for wiring, and any applicable taxes). I was told I could get that price because 1) I was relatively close to where the circuit would originate from, and 2) it was almost the end of the month and the sales rep hadn't met her quota and she was giving me as many discounts as she could to convince me to sign up.
Like I said, expensive. But it's low latency, no caps, with a 99.99% uptime SLA. I went thru a reseller called Dialtone Services, LLC. www.dialtoneservices.com if you're interested in getting a quote. Just keep in mind $350/month for a T1 is dirt cheap. I'm only about 1 mile away from where DSL ends in my town so there wasn't much distance the T1 had to cover. The farther away you are that price starts going way up, and fast!
RedSurf: Indeed! It just got turned on Monday. I'd still rather have AT&T extend their DSL coverage just a bit, so I can get my DSL again. Just for the price if nothing else.
If my job didn't depend on reading scanned documents so heavily I could have made do with the ISDN. Latency was great for games, but when pulling down 40+ meg PDFs to review, the bandwidth just isn't there. |
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underscore_
join:2004-02-25
Holland, MI | reply to asterisk20xx
nice, I got AT&T U-Verse service about 4 months ago and got rid of my isdn
happily got rid of my isdn** |
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