Re: Who needs ISDN?

[Kevin Baker <ol@example.com>]

craig>In Japan, I don't see any advantage to using legacy analog lines.

Also the 56kpbs modem relies on the fact that the telco switches are
mostly digital or going digital, hence YMMV depending which switch you go
through. I also remember reading somewhere that USR 56kbps technology was
proprietry and may not interoperate with your providers modems (unless
they're buying USR modems as well). I believe there's a little bit of
controversy about this at the moment so it may pay to wait.

With ISDN you're guaranteed 64kbps and it's digital all the way so the
signals are much cleaner. With modem technology you can at most acheive
the modems advertised rate. ISDN connect times are usually in the order
of 2-3 seconds, almost transparent.

Kev


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