ISDN can be connect to by ISDN modem or by ISDN router. We use
a router, cheapest on the market, almost as cheap as the ISDN
modems, called Prestige 100 by ZyXel. You must check with your
ISP to see what ISDN services they provide and what ISDN modems
or routers they are compatible with. ISDN service itself varies
alot in cost, and installation is often expensive ($200). The
big advantage over double 56K modem, for example, is the connection
startup speed, usually about 1 second. We use the router because
this enables us to have more than one machine accessing net via
ISP at one time via our home ethernet. ISDN with both channels
bonded gives you 128Kbps up and down. You need to contact your
local telco about ISDN service in your area. You might also want
to check if your ISDN telco local switch is in the same area as
ISP ISDN dialup, since this reduces chances of bad connect because
telco has ISDN routing problems. Also, if you have multiple POTS
phone lines at home now, you can probably drop one or two and use
ISDN lines instead for voice as well as data, although I strongly
recommend you keep at least one analog POTS line coming in house
for telco comm when power goes down (OR a UPS for your ISDN router).
Sorry for being so off-topic. G3 works great in this combo, just
to bring it back to AAPL. |
