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- From: tspencer@pilot.njin.net (Thomas Spencer IV)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.isdn
- Subject: Re: The ISDN network
- Message-ID: <Jan.1.23.42.24.1993.4558@pilot.njin.net>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 04:42:25 GMT
- References: <28542@oasys.dt.navy.mil> <1992Dec16.192811.24323@atlastele.com> <Dec.26.23.48.48.1992.18316@pilot.njin.net> <1992Dec28.170518.26465@atlastele.com>
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- bcapps@atlastele.com (Brent Capps) writes:
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- >In article <Dec.26.23.48.48.1992.18316@pilot.njin.net> tspencer@pilot.njin.net (Thomas Spencer IV) writes:
- >>[speed] is the whole point of ISDN. What I find so interesting about
- >>the people who are saying that ISDN won't catch on is that they are
- >>completely ignoring the history of performance in computing.
- >>
- >> New, fast equipment is bought because it is faster.
- >
- >In the PSTN? Wrong.
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- From a customer standpoint, they want the extra speed. I do, and
- unfortunately I don't have a local operating company offering ISDN.
- Your opinion of the market, and what drives an open market only highlights
- _your_ incorect ideas about the market place. I will however concur with
- your analysis of the phone companies reasons. We aren't discussing the
- internal structure of the PSTN, but the end user terminal. The long distance
- networks of all the major carriers have been installing ISDN type equipment
- (Not necessarily ISDN compatible, just all digital systems that use the
- 64kbps channel to carry voice) since the early '80s. We should all know that,
- and it isn't being questioned. The whole point is, ISDN will be installed
- because customers want the extra capability. Telecommunications is a
- service and demand oriented industry. At times, the phone companies need
- to create a demand, but on the whole, it is demand oriented.
-
- Tom.
-