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To: William W. Dwyer, Jr. who wrote (789)	8/17/1998 12:15:00 PM
From: Diver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7382

Pls tell Badger that his post was extremely well done and very useful. When I was having trouble with my ISDN modem, I did just what he said and throughput was great. Also, wish him the best of luck working with Ken. I've been there and if it wasn't for this $&$%& firewall here at work, I would still be. Good Trading SK

To: William W. Dwyer, Jr. who wrote (789)	8/17/1998 12:25:00 PM
From: gbh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7382

Don, very good post. I have also done this with my analog modem and my Bitsurfr Pro ISDN TA. However, I think you might be mistaken about the phone company not counting your hours if you are running the analog modem over one of the B channels, at least for Bellsouth. I'm pretty sure that Bellsouth does not distinguish B channel usage. If you are using a B channel (phone, data, analog modem, etc.), the timer is ticking...

To: William W. Dwyer, Jr. who wrote (789)	8/17/1998 1:22:00 PM
From: William W. Dwyer, Jr.	Respond to of 7382

Another Post from Our Friend "Badger": "Bill - Regarding the ISDN usage fees, the decision whether to charge per-minute usage for both digital and analog, or just digital is up to each telephone company. My local company can differentiate ISDN usage between digital and analog at its switch, and has chosen to only bill for digital. However, I believe this type of pricing structure is very unusual as most companies either charge ISDN as one flat rate or per-minute for all traffic. Again, feel free to post this ... although I may have to break down and subscribe to S.I.!! Don"