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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:33768 comp.sys.intel:31228 comp.unix.bsd:16067 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8113 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9178 comp.unix.misc:15919 comp.os.linux.development:23271 comp.os.linux.misc:34840 comp.os.386bsd.development:3136 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5254 comp.os.misc:3767 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!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!nott!cunews!mira.sce.carleton.ca!vyin From: vyin@mira.sce.carleton.ca (vincent w. yin) Subject: Re: X on dial-in Message-ID: <vyin.792117260@mira.sce.carleton.ca> Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Organization: Carleton University References: <3f44s2$jqm@maverick.maverick.tad.eds.com> <fgoldstein.135.00237A26@bbn.com> <D3Fp3y.1EI@park.uvsc.edu> <D3IDK1.B73@bonkers.taronga.com> <3h4363$jqv@deep.rsoft.bc.ca> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 00:34:20 GMT Lines: 13 >>Look, the bottom line is that for the phone company I'm using *less* of >>their resources leaving a computer hooked to my ISDN line 24 hours a day >>than making a few video calls. Whether I'm "connected" or not, their >>resources are only tied up when I send packets, and video chews up a >>shitload more packets than my newsfeed, Mosaic, and telnet sessions. >This is, unfortunately, not the case. Whenever you have a telephone >circuit connected to someone else you're using one of the limited >numbers of circuits available in the switch. Telephone exchanges do >not have anywhere near as many circuits as they have local loops This may be true for telephone calls, but I think perhaps ISDN is packet swtiched rather than circuit swithced?