uk: Broadband kills off consumer ISDN

BT is to withdraw ISDN services from consumer use later this year. ISDN proved very popular with people working from home who needed access to data connections faster than available dial-up modem speeds. … But there is one group for whom ISDN has not lost its lustre – broadcasters. Although slow by broadband speeds, ISDN is proving usefulFor them it has proved to be a boon when filing reports away from base. Unfortunately the technology is being discontinued all over the world leaving many broadcasters with a problem of what to replace it with.

uk: Broadband kills off consumer ISDN
BT is to withdraw ISDN services from consumer use later this year. ISDN proved very popular with people working from home who needed access to data connections faster than available dial-up modem speeds. … But there is one group for whom ISDN has not lost its lustre – broadcasters. Although slow by broadband speeds, ISDN is proving usefulFor them it has proved to be a boon when filing reports away from base. Unfortunately the technology is being discontinued all over the world leaving many broadcasters with a problem of what to replace it with.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6519681.stm

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