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To: Linda Kaplan who wrote (53642)	9/23/1998 8:09:00 PM
From: NHBob	Respond to of 58727

Just a point of info, some Bell systems charge ISDN on same basis as your primary (residential) line-ie if unlimited local on primary, same on ISDN to your local ISP. If you go with a shotgun modem, you can drive the ISDN modem's 2 digital lines with analog signals and bypass the ISP's channel-hours charges (Earthlink gives 100 digital channel hours for flat rate, then nails you on overtime. The analog usage is unlimited, and for big downloads the shotgun modem will grab both analogs and give you 112K, still no extra cost once you have the ISDN service w/ your ISP. You get 3 line capability for about 1.5 cost, plus a couple hundred in hardware. I use a 3com impact-IQ and the shotgun and its glitch-free. Automatically allows incomming voice calls, outgoing voice, and incomming fax without dropping ISP hookup. Then when I've got a big 10meg download, I just log off & log back on ISDN and sack out. neat! NHBob