We all took the DVD boom era for granted

Re:We all took the DVD boom era for granted by numpad0 on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @12:04PM (#42389970)

Why didn't they ever upgrade ISDN to ADSL speeds and beyond, or designed an ISDN-over-PON? Was it cost reasons?

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Re:We all took the DVD boom era for granted by dsr_ on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @01:40PM (#42391186)

Oh, they did. It's just that ISDN died in the USA.

If someone from Germany can chime in, I believe they had higher-bandwidth ISDN services in the late 1990s onwards.

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Re:We all took the DVD boom era for granted by bobdvb on Friday December 13, 2024 @06:30AM (#42407681)

Regular ISDN is 64k and then 128k bonded BRI.

You could go to E1/PRI to get 2048kbps for €€€€.

In North America ISDN was 56k due to the slower T1 it was sent in and framing.

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