david@E.MS.UKY.EDU (David Herron -- Resident E-mail Hack) (12/16/87)
There's a rumor my roomate heard (er.. he heard this directly
from one of the comm managers of the local telco while he was
talking to the communications manager guy for the University)
that this city would be able to upgrade to ISDN service
within the next few months or a year. Apparently the local
equipment had been scheduled for major replacement/repair
a year or two ago, and the telco (GTE) thought ahead enough
to install equipment capable of doing ISDN.
I don't know any details about the local equipment ... other
than that the wire leading to the appartment is normal looking
twisted pair copper ... out on the phone pole is a little
box (maybe 1.5 ft long) which is copper colored which the
wire runs in to -- and is shared amongst our neighbors.
I'm curious about what sort of equipment I/we'll need to
take advantage of this ISDN. Obviously I can't just hook
the phone cable up to a serial port on my computer. But
also just as obviously, since the signals shouldn't ever
be analog then we can't call the box which hooks my computer
to the "phone line" a "modem".
What is involved with this box-that-is-not-a-modem but which
does-similar-things-to-what-modems-do? Who makes 'em? etc.
I had a taste of what can be a couple of weeks ago when I
was evaluating the Telebit modem ... I can't wait!
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<---- Winter health warning: Remember, don't eat the yellow snow!taras@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (T. Pryjma) (12/31/87)
In article <7862@g.ms.uky.edu> david@E.MS.UKY.EDU (David Herron -- Resident E-mail Hack) writes:
# I'm curious about what sort of equipment I/we'll need to
# take advantage of this ISDN. Obviously I can't just hook
# the phone cable up to a serial port on my computer. But
# also just as obviously, since the signals shouldn't ever
# be analog then we can't call the box which hooks my computer
# to the "phone line" a "modem".
#
Any new CO switch being shipped by any of the mojor manufacturers is
currently capable of ISDN. Basically any equipment that is not
capable of ISDN is very expensive to run.
# I had a taste of what can be a couple of weeks ago when I
# was evaluating the Telebit modem ... I can't wait!
I think that you are refering to the fact that ISDN is fast, but I wonder
if you will change your tune when you find out how much you have to pay for
ISDN. Each phone company is different, but if you rates that PacTel was
charging for Project Victoria I am sure that you might still end up thinking
that the Telebit modem was still the better deal.
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