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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (4603)7/13/1999 1:19:00 PM
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The ISDN arrangement described can certainly be made to work, but you correctly surmise that it is complicated and can be error-prone. I suggest the best indicator of success would be your impression of the LECs desire to get it installed and operating right. I have no experience with your LEC contacts, but from what you quote, it seems to me you would be showing a lot of optimism to expect quick and competent installation and maintenance. Sounds like these guys are willing to live up to what they consider the letter of the agreement with the PUC to provide ubiquitous ISEN service, but they will do their damnedest to talk a customer out of placing an order. Remember that just getting the order written correctly for ISDN so that the switch optioning can be done properly can be daunting -- especially if there is little ISDN service order experience or motivation to get it right. Also, the same guy who judged the noise on your line by listening to his Budd set and alluding to high-open splices might be your ISDN installer. Does that give you a warm feeling?

Your instincts on this seem good to me. The $500 is outrageous, but it may well be correct, based on the PUC negotiations. Obviously, I just don't know. You might want to double check the actual tariff rates, including adders, that could apply to initiate your service. You might also want to think of the ISDN service as 128kb/s, to give yourself the motivation to explore this any further at all.
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