Re: [TCLUG:16382] USWest offers IDSL

[Adam Maloney <adam@iexposure.com>]

Oh, to futher answer this question, with VJ compression on an ISDN link
it's possible to get close to 144k, not like the extra 16k really
matters...

But iDSL will be cheaper then ISDN dial-up would be because the ISP
can't give busies, so we can oversell the ATM link to the MegaCentral
and not have to worry about all of our B channels being used.

Jon Schewe wrote:
> 
> <andy@theasis.com> writes:
> 
> > > > I've got it here, it's limited to 144k and it's an ISDN line where they run
> > > > frame relay across the two channels, then bind the channels together and run
> > > > ATM over that, thus the 144, 128 + 16.
> > >
> > > Ah. So it's ATM end-to-end, from the megacentral to the subscriber, and
> > > Frame-over-ISDN for the last mile?
> >
> > OK, so why is this significantly better than plain 'ol ISDN?
> 
> 1 it's 144 instead of 128, big deal.  Two it's cheaper, at least last time I
> checked. I'm only paying $60/month for the line and the ISP.  Granted DSL and
> cable modem are generally cheaper, but this isn't too bad a deal.
> --
> Jon Schewe
> http://eggplant.mtu.net/~jpschewe
> schewe@tcfreenet.org
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Adam Maloney
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