From: ikluft@uts.amdahl.com (Ian Kluft) Subject: Re: ISDN - Linux's killer App Date: 20 May 1993 01:58:35 GMT
mea@castor.utu.fi (Matti Aarnio) writes:
>In Finland -- in places where they have proper CO switch -- price
>seems to settle on 1.5 times POTS price on connections, no extra
>charging on monthly line charge, nor extra charge on connections.
>However as you CAN run two connections over 2B+D, it means you get
>charged of two connections if you have them open at the same time.
>I think it is fair. (Evenings are 1 toll unit until morning, thus
>opening two 64k links to the Internet is not that bad :) )
I like that short, quick description. For comparison, the stuff I posted
arlier about California would compare like this: connect time is at voice
rates but there is a monthly line charge.
Also, important in California: you must maintain at least one non-ISDN voice
line in the building in case of an earthquake. (PacBell will not remove the
last voice line you have.) The power goes out more often than the phones do
in big quakes (though there's stiff competition for dial tones as everyone
calls their friends to ask, "did you feel that?")
The reason is because ISDN almost always connects into a box that is plugged
in: whether it's a terminal adapter, one of the newer SPARCstations, or your
Linux box.
That was just for comparison with other parts of the world. My guess is that
the only other place likely to have similar restrictions would be Japan.
-- Ian Kluft KD6EUI PP-ASEL Amdahl Corporation, Open Systems Development ikluft@uts.amdahl.com Santa Clara, CA [disclaimer: any opinions expressed are mine only... not those of my employer]