Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:47:51 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Robert Chalmers <robert@chalmers.com.au> Cc: freebsd <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Next Question. Which is better. 64K ISDN, or 56K/33.6 POTS ? Message-ID: <19990129104750.P8473@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <36B0ECEB.5AA38F20@chalmers.com.au>; from Robert Chalmers on Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 09:04:11AM %2B1000 References: <36B0ECEB.5AA38F20@chalmers.com.au>
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On Friday, 29 January 1999 at 9:04:11 +1000, Robert Chalmers wrote: >> From a webservice point of view, which is better. ISDN, or 56/33.6 Modem over > POTS. with PPP on both. ISDN, of course. It gives you 64 kb/s in both directions. I'm not sure, however, whether isdn4bsd offers compression. Without it, you're limited to a maximum of about 8 kB/s. > Given the network congestion these days, it seems to me there is not > a lot of advantage in going to 64K ISDN, especially given its cost > in Australia. Now that's another matter. > What do others think. Is there a solid technical reason for going to > ISDN? yes? no? I have a gut feeling that ISDN may be a waste of > money. When I lived in Germany, I used ISDN, and I was very satisfied with it. On returning to Australia, I was faced with the same decision that you are. I chose analogue POTS, and was not as satisfied, but I'm spending a *whole* lot less money. Basically, as long as Telstra sells ISDN like another way of making lots of money, there's no reason to use it. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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