[comp.dcom.telecom] What Is 'True' ISDN, Anyway?

ellisond@ncar.ucar.edu (Dell Ellison) (08/22/89)

In article <telecom-v09i0304m01@vector.dallas.tx.us>, toto!bill@apple.com
(Bill Cerny) writes:
> AT&T has been providing true ISDN via its Primary Rate Interface for
> over a year now.  AT&T is providing new calling services made possible
> with ISDN, including call-by-call service selection and calling number
> delivery.  A recently announced service will allow enhanced routing
> ...

What IS 'true ISDN'?  The definitions vary so widely that people are
very confused as to what one is talking about.

            **   What is YOUR definition of ISDN?   **


[Moderator's Note: Watch for a special edition of TELECOM Digest this next
weekend devoted entirely to a special report on ISDN, *then* answer his
question. It will be distributed sometime Saturday.   PT]