Re: ISDN rate increases from Bellsouth

Brenda Piercefield (alleycat@chihuahua.win.net)
Thu, 24 Oct 1996 09:57:00

Good Morning,
Please forgive me for sounding so lame but the subject is touching a
nerve. I am a failed ISP in Bardstown, KY (Bell South). I was
pulling a 56K frame relay and got my ass kicked by competition
stringing 15 modems off an ISDN pulled from Louisville (I was told
ISDN wasn't available in our area).
Are you guys saying they were only paying $93.00 a month?
Because their connection was so slow, I assumed it was cheaper but....?
No wonder I was the one with the used equipment for sale!
Sometimes I'm so dumb it amazes even me.
Brenda

>On Wed, 23 Oct
1996 thoth@purplefrog.com wrote: >
>> If I bring up an ISDN connection, and send nothing but DNS zone serial
>> queries at the rate of 2/hour, how much load am I placing on the telco
>> infrastructure?
>
>Same as if you were pinning the line. ISDN isn't a packet-switched
>service. It's a circuit switched service.
>
>"If I bring up a telephone call, and say nothing save an occasional
>hiccup, how much load am I placing on the telco infrastructure?"
>
>> I know if I was using an analog modem the phone company would be sending
>> at least a carrier signal 24/7.
>
>You reserve the circuit path for the duration of the call. Or two circuit
>paths if you bond the channels.
>
>Now, frame or SMDS are packet switched.
>
>- Matt
>
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