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-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Gerrit Kuehn <=-
GK> ISDN offered benefits: higher bandwidth (i.e., lower transfer costs),
GK> channel bundling,
MvV> The lower transfer cost was not all that spectacular. 64k vs 56k or
MvV> 28k6. 1.5 dB at best and 3 dB worst case. Against considerable cost for
MvV> the equipment and an almost doubled montly feee.
It was nice that I could get an almost 56k connect with my side being
digital from the CO to me.
GK> using your voice phone while data transmission is running,
MvV> Having two "lines" was indeed a notable "plus". I would have loved to
MvV> have two "lines" in the mid nineties.
I had an ISDN line at home in the 90s. I used a Motorola BitSurfr modem
to connect to a Shiva LANRover at work, which got me onto the internet.
I could bind both channels to get a 112k connect to the internet or use
one 56k line for the BBS inbound line and one 56k line for internet
connectivity. That was about the same time that I started polling for
Fido mail via FTP, and it changed the BBS from polling once a night to a
couple of times a day. Good times.
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