Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 15:54:59 -1001 From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) To: hardware@freebsd.org, bsdi-users@bsdi.com Message-ID: <199607060155.PAA28087@pegasus.com> In-Reply-To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> "Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server" (Jul 5, 6:52pm)
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Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server [ISDN] } > Yes, today ISDN is expensive. But I heard that in some parts of California } > ISDN costs the same as regular analog phones. This will spread. Things are } > not static, and just as I'm sure the designers of UARTs that couldn't go } > faster than 19200 baud reliably even after problems with earlier ones and the } > relatively low cost of much faster ones, felt that they were doing the best, } > but for analog modems, most good connections these days are at 115, 200 baud. } > } > So while ISDN isn't mainstream today that doesn't mean it won't be soon. } } You're forgetting that while the price of a P6-200 is determined by } technology and competition, the price of telephone service is determined } by the PUC and local political goals. Your prediction is not on } completely firm ground. It might actually happen, but I sure wouldn't } bet on it. Cable has a good chance of blowing ISDN away. Much faster and cheaper. And it will be available in many places this year. More, next. Keep your eye on the cable companies. Richardhome | help
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