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In article <4fub69$7mf@vodka.intele.net>,
newhere-in-time <enid@heavan.org> wrote:
>Let's face it...ISDN is dead as it is.  With a max 128kbps throughput it's 
>just a bandaid until we get to the cable modem (600kbps, 4mps, 10mps).

You need to understand that with a cable modem, you're *sharing* that
bandwidth with tens or hundreds of other people (at least), whereas
with ISDN, that 128Kbps is dedicated just for you.


>Let-em have it.  They don't even have a clue what it is to begin with.  Even 
>if ISDN was affordable if you talk to any US West insider they'll tell you 
>that over half of the CO's are not capable of supporting it.  By the time all 
>the CO's are upgraded the cable modem will be the new thing and will totaly 
>bypass ISDN.

Well the cable plants have to be upgraded as well, and from what I understand
that can be a bigger job than upgrading a CO, because the cable systems
were all built to be uni-directional and you have to upgrade the whole
system instead of just the central office.


>I don't know of very many providers that are willing to put up the cost to 
>even support it to begin with.  The equipment is still unreasonably expensive 
>where a 10mps cable modem will come out on the market for about $200 even and 
>it will do your voice, data, vidtel, cable, etc.

That's in the same range that an ISDN TA is now, and the ISDN TA's will
no doubt be at least that cheap by the time cable modems are widely available.
ISDN routers are of course more expensive, but no doubt cable routers
will be as well.


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Steve Kanefsky