[SunRescue] NEW THREAD!! ISP related

[Bill Bradford]

On Sat, Feb 26, 2000 at 05:29:15PM -0500, nick at ns.snowman.net wrote:
> You might want to consider IDSL.  I'm fairly sure some ppl are more
> familiar with than I am, but as I understand it'll run just this side of
> anywhere.  There are limits, but if you have cable you're likley to be
> able to get IDSL.  Just to throw in my two cents I've got SDSL from UUNet
> 384k.  It's not bad, but for UUNet it's had lots of problems.  
> 	Nick

Problem with IDSL is that its basically IDSN-over-plain-copper-pair, and
that you're not going to get more than 144kilobits (e.g., 14-16 kiloBYTES/
second) with it.

(144k = 64k + 64k + the 16k "D" channel).

I've got it now, and its only marginally better than ISDN - I'd only
advise it if you *cant* get a cablemodem or other DSL, and dont want
to pay full price for dedicated ISDN (which is MUCH more expensive).

Bill

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