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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!axion!micromuse!hilly!peter
- From: peter@micromuse.co.uk (Peter Galbavy)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.isdn
- Subject: Re: The ISDN network
- Message-ID: <peter.724114282@hilly>
- Date: 11 Dec 92 22:51:22 GMT
- References: <2932560590.0.p00136@psilink.com> <1992Dec8.180525.15003@atlastele.com>
- Organization: MicroMuse Limited, London, England.
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- bcapps@atlastele.com (Brent Capps) writes:
-
- >In a previous article, Bob Larribeau writes:
- >> There are no technical impediments to interoperation with voice or data
- >> services. The issues are tariffs and deployment of available technology.
-
- >An ISDN set won't talk to an analog modem. An engineer might call this a
- >deployment issue WRT the modem, but the end user is going to see it as a
- >technical impediment. Exclusively using ISDN for your home PC effectively
- >cuts you off from BBS, etc., which makes it kinda hard to justify its use.
-
- Sorry - I must disagree. In the UK Jaguar are selling a "modec", which
- is an ISDN TA, but also will do the codec functions to make it work as
- a v32 modem (v32bis by now I expect). I have never used one, but the
- specs seem quite nice. About 1600 pounds sterling.
-
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- Peter Galbavy
- Tech Support, Micromuse Ltd
- Phone: +44 71 352 7774 E-Mail: P.Galbavy@micromuse.co.uk
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