[ILUG] Subscription ISDN ISPs

[Padraig Brady]

Michael Hinds wrote:

> This reminds me...
> 
> I dial into Indigo over a modem on a 1891 number. From time to time (and I
> believe it's at peak times) the connection goes dead for a minute or two and
> I can't ping, nslookup or anything. After a minute or two everything's back
> to normal. 
> 
> Does anyone else experience this, and might it be that Indigo can't handle
> the traffic?


I've experienced this once I think on IOL. However the main problem

with IOL is on average (in my experience using either doze or Linux
from 3 different lines/modems/POPs) you only get 60% of the time.
Note the base call is connected (so Eircom get 14c straight away), the
modems train and that's it.

ISDN would probably be better though as it's more standard?

Padraig.

 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Niall O Broin [mailto:niall at linux.ie]
>>Sent: 22 January 2002 15:27
>>To: ilug at linux.ie
>>Subject: [ILUG] Subscription ISDN ISPs
>>
>>
>>As I've now become a somewhat heavy user of ISDN from my 
>>Linux box (in a
>>futile attempt to drag this OT) I want to take out a 
>>subscription to one of
>>the providers to whom you pay about 127 Euro (well, I think 
>>it used to be
>>100 quid) per year and for that you get to use a 1891 number 
>>which is about
>>50% of the cost of a local or 1890 call. Anyone care to 
>>comment on any of
>>the providers viz a viz reliability, ping times, INEX 
>>connectivity etc. etc.
>>- i.e. anything you can think of which should influence my purchasing
>>decision.