jem@hpisod2.cup.hp.com (Jim McCauley) (11/21/90)
I have been reading about ISDN in periodicals like {Network World} and
in trade books for some time. Last year, I assessed the prospects for
BRI being made available to my home any time in the imaginable future,
and I made the only logical decision: I bought a 9600 baud modem.
Little has changed in the interim to convince me that meaningful
digital services will be made available to me by the gang at the other
end of my pair of wires (Pacific Bell). By "meaningful digital
services," I mean:
1. Basic rate interface
2. Data interchange across switches (Signalling System 7)
3. An inexpensive BRI --> 9600 baud serial interface
4. A reasonable user interface for establishing data calls
I'm not asking for the moon here -- just circuit-switched 9600 baud
service (probably over the D channel). I'd prefer packet switching if
it (and the interface) could be provided at a lower cost. All I
really need is to hook up a terminal at home to a computer at work.
It might be very nice to have something fancier, like X Window
services at 128kbit/sec over a "strapped" pair of B channels, but I
could do with less.
Do any of you telephone wizards out there in cyberspace have any idea
when even such rudimentary services might be tariffed?
Jim McCauley jem@hpulpcu3.cup.hp.com
Disclaimer: I speak the truth, but only on my own behalf.goldstein@delni.enet.dec.com (Fred R. Goldstein) (11/27/90)
In article <14909@accuvax.nwu.edu>, jem@hpisod2.cup.hp.com (Jim McCauley) writes: >Little has changed in the interim to convince me that meaningful >digital services will be made available to me by the gang at the other >end of my pair of wires (Pacific Bell). By "meaningful digital >services," I mean: > 1. Basic rate interface > 2. Data interchange across switches (Signalling System 7) > 3. An inexpensive BRI --> 9600 baud serial interface > 4. A reasonable user interface for establishing data calls >Do any of you telephone wizards out there in cyberspace have any idea >when even such rudimentary services might be tariffed? At least here in Massachusetts, where NYNEX/NET tends to be a little behind other telcos in some areas, they've filed an ISDN tariff. The BRI will be a $5 supplement above normal exchange rates. Packet on the D channel will be $8/month (plus usage). Packet on one B channel will be $22/month (plus usage, at higher-than-voice rates). The catch? Besides the prices (basing switched data rates on an older pre-ISDN CS-PDN tariff), they don't have SS7 in MA yet, so data services are island-only. That'll take until late 1991-1992 to get into most offices. Also, the price of customer equipment like Terminal adapters is still pretty high, owing, I think, to low volumes. That will determine the user interface, not the net. At least it's beginning to move. Fred R. Goldstein Digital Equipment Corp., Littleton MA goldstein@delni.enet.dec.com voice: +1 508 486 7388 Do you think anyone else on the planet would share my opinions, let alone a multi-billion dollar corporation?