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| donaldmc 2002-09-13, 1:02 pm |
| Who here thinks ISDN is outdated? I know I do with DSL technology out there that is faster cheaper and more robust, what use is ISDN really goinig to be in the future? and by the future I don't mean 20 years from Now I mean 2, 3 or even now. | |
| davidbeecken 2002-09-13, 1:16 pm |
| I am no where near being an expert on this, but I never did like isdn. It can be expensive(hourly charges) and to be honest, dosent seem to that fast for the money. | |
| ruscorp 2002-09-13, 1:27 pm |
| ISDN is dead. | |
| NetChild1985 2002-09-13, 1:52 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by ruscorp
ISDN is dead.
I agree, but what to say for the dial-up? | |
| davidbeecken 2002-09-13, 2:27 pm |
| dialup is cheap, so its not dead. Also can be used almost anywhere, no special equipment. Might be slow, but widely used. | |
| donaldmc 2002-09-13, 2:45 pm |
| Dial-up won't die until DSL can resolve some issues. Such as equipment cost and it's limiting range. I heard there testing some equipment that will allow DSL to travel 50 miles not the 5-8 it does now if that happens everyone will go DSL or connect 24k over the carrier equipment it rides on. But that's another story | |
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| but as far as I know, its still on the CCNA exam. | |
| ZacDogg 2002-09-13, 4:39 pm |
| We use ISDN at my work. It works great for back up links. | |
| ruscorp 2002-09-13, 5:35 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by NetChild1985
I agree, but what to say for the dial-up?
Dial is cheap, readily available, easy to you (somewhat), so I don't see it dying anytime soon. | |
| guitarjim 2002-09-13, 8:01 pm |
| ISDN is still in use, as well as Windows NT, Novel 4.0, dial-up, and running back and forth with a floppy disk, etc... You might not be able to determine what your next job will be like, but at least you can be prepared. | |
| darthfeces 2002-09-13, 9:54 pm |
| isdn is outdated , but it may hang arround for
what was already stated
a cheap?
on demand backup link.
pri may have more practical future use then bri
isdn was the telco's baby for creating a digital medium that they COULD meter, unlike a local phone call. | |
| vschristopher 2002-09-14, 12:41 am |
| Saw all the comments regarding ISDN
well its certainly expensive and it cant replace dialup but here in india if im using dialup its costs me 50/- in my currency thats 1 US $ , and ISDN is like 30 hrs for 3000/- (US$ 60 approx) so here both are expensive, DSL i havent used but i certainly vote for cable internet. diap up is a quick no fussy way to connect to the internet as long as one is earning fine , iget 15000 in my phone bill cos of that every 2 months :-d
ISDN is dead but its still in our curriculum and its takes damn 25 commands to configure ISDN on a router :-d
Technology like Nature chooses the fittest and it will eliminate ISDN if it chooses to.
Chris | |
| duanesnyder 2002-09-15, 6:48 pm |
| ISDN is dead as far as no one would pick it if other options (DSL) are avaliable, but there are still parts of the country not covered yet by DSL, so they have no other choice if they need a backup line. | |
| Desperado1001 2002-09-16, 4:05 pm |
| I work for a large bank with offices all over the place. In some of the countries we service DSL technologies are unhead of and isdn is the only real alternative to leased lines (Dial Up is unreliable and slow).
My advice, never think that anything is dead. I will guarantee that in almost every job you go to there will be plenty of legacy stuff you will have to know about.
Besides, variety is the spice of life! | |
| edmonds_robert 2002-09-17, 3:31 pm |
| ISDN is still the most cost effective solution for short distance point to point links. For example, we have a branch office about 3 miles from our main office, with only 5 users that need only sporatic Internet and e-mail access. Nothing else. Works fine. |
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