[Shotimes] OT - ISDN Anyone?

[Noah South III]

You should hang on to that Modem, I figure in another 10 years I can sell
mine to the Smithsonian.  <G>

-Noah South III

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From: "Redcard" <jgail@carolina.rr.com>
To: <mkelley1@gt.rr.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>; <v8sho@v8sho.com>;
<djshov8@hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 2:23 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT - ISDN Anyone?


> The satellite! Pros are speed . Id recommend a land line backup as one of
> the downsides is weather interruptions such as local thunderstorms.
Another
> down is the initial cost. My start up was about 700 dollars  for the
> receiver dish and installation. Dont know if that has changed. Of course
the
> ISDN drawbacks are availability and they are just not that fast in my
> experience . Download speeds were as i remember only about 4-7 KB/sec
while
> my cable it is not unusual to get about40-50 KB/sec download speeds with a
> good estimate avg of 25-30 KB.  I just didnt notice a huge increase in
> download speed with ISDN compared with my 56K modem. BTW Ive got a ISDN
> modem Ill sell cheap. . I called about it but never got any satisfaction
> from Sprint who was the provider. Hope this helps. Jim
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: mkelley1@gt.rr.com
> Date: Thursday, August 21, 2003 2:00:27 PM
> To: jgail@carolina.rr.com; djshov8@hotmail.com; v8sho@v8sho.com;
> shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT - ISDN Anyone?
>
> Given that you've had both ISDN and satellite, which of those two choices
> would you recommend (which was the original question that started this
> thread)?
>
> Original Message:
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> From: Redcard jgail@carolina.rr.com
> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 12:28:43 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
> To: djshov8@hotmail.com, v8sho@v8sho.com, shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT - ISDN Anyone?
>
>
> I ve had DSL,ISDN Cable and Satellite. From my experience cable is the
> cheapest, fastest and most reliable. Jim
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: dean james
> Date: Thursday, August 21, 2003 12:20:21 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net; v8sho@v8sho.com
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT - ISDN Anyone?
>
> >He lives south of Dallas, and he got a
> >satellite setup when he couldn't get DSL. He's been pretty pleased with
it,
> >although he'll go with DSL as soon as it is available.
>
> I thought about satellite, could not get DSL, but finally got cable. The
> cable seems to work OK and I think it is faster than DSL. I haven't had
any
> problems with the cable or the hardware. I think cable may be more widely
> available than DSL due to the distance limitation for DSL.
>
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