vice8686
join:2000-10-13
Lancaster, CA
| reply to zoom314
Re: Sounds great!
I'm in the same boat as you here in Lancaster. But, I was fortunate enough to get IDSL. At $105/month, it's alot, but not enough for me to go back to dial-up. We have Adelphia cable out here, and like you, we're waiting patiently for them to complete whatever they have to complete in order for us to get internet service through them. |
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zoom314
Superman
Premium
join:2001-04-30
Yermo, CA
| reply to dnoyeB
said by dnoyeB:
ISDN is the beauty of the internet. It works just like it was designed too.
ISDN is not the beauty of the internet around here as Verizon can Charge whatever They want per Hour for Data (otherwise known as Internet Access) Traffic on ISDN, While for Voice access Verizon charges a Fixed monthly fee, Otherwise I have to agree with What you said. I would get DSL, but I live beyond Verizons (ex-GTE) 16,200 foot DSL limit and There is no IDSL out here as Verizon will not allow It as They have a Cash Cow known as ISDN already in place, And thats as modern as We get here, At least until Charter Pipeline gets done putting in the Fiber Optic cable everywhere across Hesperia. |
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dnoyeB
Ferrous Phallus
join:2000-10-09
Southfield, MI
| reply to Nightfall
This time I have to agree with you. ISDN is the beauty of the internet. It works just like it was designed too. Nowadays there is an ISDN "network" which means if you join 1 ISDN service, you can get service all across america. They share the phone lines. So 90% of companies in my area that sell ISDN use the same ISDN phone numbers and modems and networks. I pay same for ISDN as I do for dialup ~$13/month. and as you said $25 dual channel if my wife will hang up the dang phone...
Thats how DSL was supposed to be...We shall see.
I loved ISDN. All the rest are getting on my nerves. I would love to pay for cable by the bit. I would use ISDN all the time, and use cable to download RPMs and software patches, game demos, etc.
I still have ISDN telephone because you get 2 phones with it and its cheaper than 2 phones without ISDN!
Privitization. Why? Its so obviously an evil thing. It simply makes some family rich. And only those who are already rich can afford to make a bid on the privatized service. This does not serve the people. Anyone hear the excellent report today on Amtrak privitization being proposed?
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dnoyeB
"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard. " Ecclesiastes
9:16
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