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TerraMex · 08-13-2003, 01:13 PM

I've been there.

When i moved , i had to wait almost 4 months for a straight answer from my phone company.

And because there was no cable available , i chose ISDN. It was a bit more expensive however. Almost $150 for the installation and the NT. 3 phonelines, 3 different numbers (1 line shared). But the $40 per month sounds about right for a 128k connection.

I purchased the ISDN modem (Teles ISA card, one of the best back then) and a splitter for normal phones on the side. $100 both. Dont know what they are trying to pull, but $400 is waaaaaay expensive. Unless US ISDN connections are different. Which i dont think they are.

You can buy an internal ISDN PCI card for about $40 over here. External ISDN modems are more expensive thou, but not $400. Maybe $150.

As far as the connection goes, it's fair enough for browsing , but not heavy duty downloads. And it's great for gaming, you get very good (low) pings.

08-13-2003, 01:13 PM	#10
TerraMex Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portugal, Europe Posts: 870	I've been there. When i moved , i had to wait almost 4 months for a straight answer from my phone company. And because there was no cable available , i chose ISDN. It was a bit more expensive however. Almost $150 for the installation and the NT. 3 phonelines, 3 different numbers (1 line shared). But the $40 per month sounds about right for a 128k connection. I purchased the ISDN modem (Teles ISA card, one of the best back then) and a splitter for normal phones on the side. $100 both. Dont know what they are trying to pull, but $400 is waaaaaay expensive. Unless US ISDN connections are different. Which i dont think they are. You can buy an internal ISDN PCI card for about $40 over here. External ISDN modems are more expensive thou, but not $400. Maybe $150. As far as the connection goes, it's fair enough for browsing , but not heavy duty downloads. And it's great for gaming, you get very good (low) pings. __________________ "we need more cowbell."