= Сообщение: 2352 из 7124 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Michiel van der Vlist 2:280/5555 29 Mar 17 13:57:32 Кому : Björn Felten 29 Mar 17 13:57:32 Тема : ISDN -- a true Blast From The Past FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:280/5555+58dba3a3 На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:203/2+58db9e32 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP850 ================================== Ответ: area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:221/360+58dbcb32 ============================================================================== Hello Björn,
On Wednesday March 29 2017 12:44, you wrote to me:
MvdV>> KPN (the old incumbent) has not mentioned an explicit date, but MvdV>> it is clear that they will fase out ISDN. No more new MvdV>> connections.
BF> Holy Crap! Is ISDN still working?
Yes. And relevant to the discussion at hand: it is still used by some in Fidonet.
BF> Over here in Sweden my dual ISDN line was cancelled more than a decade BF> ago.
I never had it. I would like to have had it 25 years ago, if only for the ability to maintain two voice calls simultaneously, but it was not available in my area back then. When it became avaiable a couple of years later, I no longer needed two simultaneous calls and for data the added value over a 56K modem did not justify the extra cost.
BF> It took me two individual copper pair of wires to get 2x64k ISDN. BF> Now I have a single pair of copper wires that gives me 8/1 ADSL. Same BF> wires.
BF> So who in his right mind would even consider ISDN nowadays?
Indeed, who still wants ISDN when you can have adsl? (Or IP over cable, or whatever)
BF> A blast from the past, no doubt...
Yes. But doesn't that apply to Fidonet as a whole as well?
