From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Aug 26 12:25:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA07785 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 26 Aug 1996 12:25:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MediaCity.com (root@easy1.mediacity.com [205.216.172.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA07780 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 1996 12:25:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from brian@localhost) by MediaCity.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id MAA09327; Mon, 26 Aug 1996 12:22:41 -0700 From: Brian Litzinger Message-Id: <199608261922.MAA09327@MediaCity.com> Subject: Re: 128k ISDN vs. T1 To: michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 12:22:41 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from Michael Dillon at "Aug 24, 96 00:21:35 am" Reply-To: brian@MediaCity.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL11 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > On Sat, 24 Aug 1996, Mr. Jason A. Borgmann wrote: > > > Hello, I am in the process of starting an ISP in my area. I was wondering > > if any of you could list the pros/cons of using a T1 over a 128k ISDN > > (besides speed). > Michael Dillon wrote: > If the T1 breaks the telco will fix it fast because T1 is a business data > service. If ISDN breaks the telco will fix when they get around to it, > maybe tomorrow or the next day, because ISDN is just a consumer dialup > service anyway. > It isn't necessarily the line type that determines how the Telco will respond. In PacBell land, if you are a "priority business customer" you get priority service on all your circuits. If the only circuit you have is a single standard ISDN, you probably won't be a priority business customer. On the other hand a couple extention centrex ISDN group will probably do it. -- Brian Litzinger Powered by FreeBSD http[s]://www.mpress.com