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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 11 Feb 2003 6:50 pm, David Johnson wrote: > Neil Williams wrote: > >Does anyone here use ISDN? Can you use a router directly onto ISDN and run > > the LAN over ethernet from there - rather than having to connect the ISDN > > line to a PC first? > > You certainly can. I find that the time taken to dialup is significantly > faster with a router as well (<1 s). Excellent. What I'd forgotten about ISDN is that you still makes calls - it isn't always on - and those calls are still metered albeit with an optional call allowance. > 56k to ISDN is certainly a worthwhile upgrade in my experience (despite > often costing more than ADSL). £31/mth + calls. Ouch. Is BT the only supplier and is it worth going for the £45/mth option with £60/mth call allowance? Which ISP do you use? > > Interestingly, our line got significantly better on the day we ordered > ISDN. Could just be me being paranoid, but we suddenly got an extra > 1Kbp/s (with the same 56k dialup equipment on our original line).... :-)) Watch this space. - -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.codehelp.co.uk http://www.dclug.org.uk http://www.wewantbroadband.co.uk/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+SWsLiAEJSii8s+MRAvbxAKCj3OBtNRpOdDF1cIupSUXwsJ1uLgCgqEGv BEOhzKv3gYMTNwzBrad8Al8= =iDdK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.