FYI, Qwest ISDN pricing:
$69.95 for 1-year contract*
$65.95 for 3-year contract*
$59.95 for 5-year contract*
Activation fee: $250*
* *All pricing is subject to change without notice prior to contract in accordance with applicable law and regulation.
I know that sprint is slightly less in most areas, and will waive the activation
fee if you sign a 2(?) year contract.
And of course, Real-Time (www.real-time.com) can provide you with ISDN connectivity
at a starting price of $25/month (they also appear to be supporting compression,
which most ISP's disable)
One of the wonders of ISDN is that you can use them for your regular phone
service as well, you can simply drop one channel (you get two with an ISDN
circuit) to answer the phone while the other stays connected at 64kbit.
Since it's digital you're always going to connect at 64kbit per line,
for a bonded total of 128kbit. You will need an ISDN router, I recommend
the SOHO units from Dexsys(sp?) that come with a 4 port hub, the ISDN port
and 2 analog phone line outputs, last time I bought any they were $99 each.
On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 08:04:45AM -0500, steve ulrich wrote:
> ISDN is still around and kicking for those behind slick's and in the
> hinterlands. you're typically looking at roughly 80/month after taxes
> for the flat fee ISDN (telco charges only) plus your ISP fees. might
> want to shop around there since there are a wide range of offerings
> there depending on how the ISP has structured their ISDN
> infrastructure and whether they're bring it in over channelize int's
> etc.
>
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