[141746] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yup; the Internet is screwed up.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joly MacFie)
Fri Jun 10 22:12:27 2011
In-Reply-To: <4DF2CBFE.1050602@utc.edu>
From: Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:11:47 -0400
To: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell@utc.edu>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I had dual ISDN from nynex in the 90s. 128k woohoo! It cost me $500+/mth.
j
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Jeff Kell <jeff-kell@utc.edu> wrote:
> On 6/10/2011 7:43 PM, Jeroen van Aart wrote:
> > I wonder, what's wrong with dialup through ISDN? You get speed that is
> > about the same as low end broadband I'd say. And I think it'd be
> > available at these locations where DSL is not.
>
> Well, it "was" available. I had one ~15 years ago, and a Cisco 801 to
> boot. There was a big build-out in some areas, the small-town local
> Bell (not yet Borg'ed into the conglomerate) went all digital (well,
> "digital" at the time) on their new nnx CO. Still recall the Northern
> Telecom "network interface" boxes on the sides of houses.
>
> Closer to the city, it was "order and wait" as you had to be crossed
> over or patched to the nearest ISDN CO. They weren't "wholesale" digital.
>
> Most of that has converted over to DSL. But ISDN is still available (we
> have some video conferencing gear that uses bonded ISDN).
>
> Jeff
>
>
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