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Jim <jim@nospam.org> wrote in message news:K46M2.202$XV6.18970@PM01NEWS...

> Hmm, I thought DSL had a further range than ISDN?

No, DSL is pretty distance restricted. Anything over about 1500 ft. and your
bandwidth degrades to hell, from what I gather.


> From what I hear, Interaccess provides their own DSL, they *are* the CLEC.
> At least, this is what they posted not too long ago.  They are charging
$80
> a month for up to 1.5Mbit/s.  Install + hardware is extra.

Yeppers. No Ameritech charges at all if you go through us. Given my
experience with Atech with ISDN, I see this as a Very Good Thing (tm).

> >Ameritech is in no hurry to offer fast, fast service either.   They
aren't
> >about to cut into their revenues they get from all the T's they install.

Their DSL plan seems to be weirdly restricted. They have only three little
service areas, dictated by specific agreements with institutions (I hear the
reason they are in Michigan where they are at is due to some agreement with
U of Mich). Fine by us :)

> I doubt that is why they've been dragging their feet, after all, any
> business that relies on a T1 or higher will probably continue to want to
> rely on that.  DSL is aimed primarly at the SOHO / Telecommuter /
poweruser
> segment (which ISDN has long tried to address).

Yes, it's currently a great deal for SOHO's. However, it's cost
effectiveness compared to T1's/Frac T1's is much greater for the bandwidth
you get. There are versions of blahDSL that can pump up to 7.6MB down, which
I've seen in action personally.

> >ISDN is probably what we will see for at least the next 18 months.

At least on the South Side, unfortunately.


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Shawn Ritchie
Supervisor, Web Support
InterAccess Co.