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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
 Posted - 17 Dec 2002 : 08:16:27
What is it, How do I utilise it?I saw a nubus ISDN card on ebay & so asked my ISP if they support ISDN. They were helpful & informed me that they support 64k ISDN. But I dont know the ins & outs of ISDN, is it a telephone line connection? What do I need for ISDN aside from a mac with an ISDN card fitted? shaktiman Quadra 840av, prettymuchmaxedout8xcd drive,3 monitors 15" & 14" & 14" os 8.1
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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
Posted - 17 Dec 2002 : 09:23:42
Lol,What a bummer, It appears you need a digital line & I'm guessing my phone company are gonna charge by the bucket load for the privalage. Sulk, sulk, sulk.
shaktiman
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 17 Dec 2002 : 12:38:59
Yep. ISDN was the original "broadband", as it offered up to twice the speed of dial-up without the many analog drawbacks. The only problem was the cost. Installing a proprietary ISDN line was prohibitively expensive, a problem that current broadband technologies solved by using existing phone and cable lines.666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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Gothikon
Full Member
Australia
537 Posts |
Posted - 17 Dec 2002 : 20:12:15
ISDN (at least i the UK) sucks. 128k ISDN is better but BT will charge double their per minute rate. 64k ISDN uses a single line 128K ISDN uses 2 lines. Effectiveley making 2 calls at the same time.Some of the cable packages aren't too bad though and usually are bundled with cheaper phone calls and extra TV channels.
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