Beyond ISDN

• Faster than analog phone lines but still slow

  • Better dial-up connections …. V.92-V.44

• Newer alternatives are growing

  • Cable modems from cable television companies
  • DSL lines from telephone companies

• Much faster

  • 1-10 Mbps to customer premises
  • Sometimes slower uplink (33.6 kbps - 1 Mbps)

• More expensive than dial-up

  • equivalent to the cost of two phone lines
  • installation costs and/or monthly lease of modem

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