[65686] in Cypherpunks
Re: 56 kbps modems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adamsc)
Tue Sep 17 15:47:38 1996
From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
To: "Bill Stewart" <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>,
"cypherpunks@toad.com" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Cc: "Asgaard" <asgaard@Cor.sos.sll.se>, "Enzo Michelangeli" <enzo@ima.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 96 12:22:15 -0800
Reply-To: "Chris Adams" <adamsc@io-online.com>
On Sun, 15 Sep 1996 01:31:19 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote:
>and still get the original 56kbps back out. But if they can, well,
>yee-hah, ISDN is nearly dead :-) (Not totally dead; the signalling is
>still useful for some applications, the convenience of two channels on
>one wire pair is nice, and the fact that people can get 56kbps without
Also, can't you add ISDN b-channels ? (I.e. get another 64kps channel)
>the phone company's help will pressure them into offering ISDN for
>a lower price in areas where the Phone Company's idea of "all the market
>will bear" is substantially higher than voice pricing.)
ISDN is more elegant; this sounds like a 'kludge' of sorts. OTOH, we've all
seen how well a cheap kludge can do, right?
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