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To: Greg Bulette who wrote (11011)	12/2/1997 12:29:00 AM
From: Andreas Samson	Respond to of 45548

My ISDN experience, albeit brief, was in fact dual channel, part of a LAN through the Stanford mainframe. Yes, it was fast. But there were distinct wait/connect times at every website, comparable to what I would usually face with a 28.8 modem, thus diminishing the overall impact. The network can only operate as fast as its slowest point. Bottlenecks, not modems, are the real problem, IMHO. >>What kind of PC do you have? Who is your provider? What are you accessing over the Internet? My single channel ISDN connection blows away anything I can do at even 33.3 bps. Try using dual-channel ISDN for really spectacular performance (compared to dial-up modems). But all of this depends on your equipment, the provider you use, and the amount of traffic on the servers you are attempting to access.<<