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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:33282 comp.sys.intel:30721 comp.unix.bsd:16003 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8059 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9139 comp.unix.misc:15783 comp.os.linux.development:23034 comp.os.linux.misc:34338 comp.os.386bsd.development:3105 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5157 comp.os.misc:3739 Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!news2.near.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.indirect.com!wes From: wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) Subject: Re: X on dial-in Message-ID: <D39CMq.6yw@indirect.com> Sender: usenet@indirect.com (Internet Direct Admin) Organization: the briney, briney deep Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 06:56:50 GMT References: <3f44s2$jqm@maverick.maverick.tad.eds.com> <790508225snz@apis.demon.co.uk> <D2rC7p.Lx@kerberos.demon.co.uk> <3fv9sg$8dp@villa.fc.net> <3g3fs2$pib@hedunx.hedland.edu.au> <D36ry6.4H3@kerberos.demon.co.uk> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Followup-To: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.misc Lines: 30 Robert Hart (hartr@hedunx.hedland.edu.au) wrote: > Hmm - it's very interesting following this thread that most US people > seem to think that ISDN is not worth much or is generally not available. Anthony Lovell (alovell@kerberos.demon.co.uk) wrote: : It's not that, it's available to almost anybody that wants it, the trouble : is a lack of affordable, COMPATIBLE adaptors. If this could be sorted : then we may see an increase in the number of connectivity suppliers offering : ISDN connections. But here in "the states" it is *not* available to almost anybody that wants it. I live in Salt Lake City, where you *can* get ISN if you beg, scream, and threaten USWest (the local phone company) enough, and manage to get a service rep on the phone that understands that ISDN is actually a service provided by USWorst. On the other hand, what you get is *not* a plug that you can stick into a recent SPARC- station or DEC Alpha machine, like in the San Francisco area. Apparently, USWest got excited and jumped on the ISDN bandwagon before everyone really decided what ISDN is, and offers a service that is somehow incompatible at a hardware level with the connections provide by major vendors like Sun and DEC. Also, ISDN is still frightfully expensive compared to voice lines in the typical US area; here in SLC basic voice phone services is $17 per month. My PPP/SLIP connection to my local internet provider costs me less than $40/month including the dedicated phone line I'm about to install! Wes Peters