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To: Vick Sabatini who wrote (76)9/30/1996 1:02:00 PM
From: John Paris   of 640
 
Microsoft NT 4.0 converts 4 analog modems to ISDN.

During a debate described as a "culture clash" between Bellheads and Netheads, the Public Utilities Commission learned Thursday that Microsoft Corp's newest operating system allows users to replicate the high-speed of ISDN lines at a fraction of the cost.

According to arguments heard by the PUC, users of Windows NT 4.0, can link four ordinary phone lines to four modems on one computer to duplicate the ISDN connection speed.

Such users would pay Pacific Bell about $60 a month for 24-hour-a-day World Wide Web, e-mail, fax and corporate network connections at 128 kilobits per second.

By comparison, if Pac Bell's bid for a rate increase were approved, ISDN access would cost about $900 a month. Now the Windows NT gambit threatens to jam the phone network and gobble up scarce phone numbers.

The 11th hour revelation shows the frustrations and complications of regulating Pac Bell's charges and services during the prolonged transition from its longtime monopoly to an era of deregulated competition.

David Frankel, president of Jetstream Communications, a home-office equipment company in San Jose, tried to reassure commissioners. He said few consumers would pay for four modems, and whatever premium charges Internet service providers imposed, in order to use the Windows NT for virtual ISDN access.
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