On 2017 Mar 06 07:05:30, you wrote to ED KOON:

 EK>> I got away with line camping on Microsoft network. Had a dual channel
 EK>> isdn connection for the bbs, msn allowed connectiong with a standard
 EK>> dial up acct. Got away with it for about 6 months until one day my
 EK>> act was suspended..

 KW> ISDN was great as someone else paid for it. I had an ISDN line at my
 KW> home, a Morotola BitSurfr Pro modem, and connected to work's Shiva
 KW> LANRover for internet connectivity. I'd dial up to work with the
 KW> second B channel, keep the first B channel open for BBS calls (inbound
 KW> calls were free, outbound paid by the minute.)

that's cool :)

 KW> I started using Internet Rex to download echomail, and occasionally
 KW> used the second B channel to hunt when the first was busy, or bind
 KW> them for one 112kbps internet connection.

you were being "bit robbed" too... 56k B channels instead of the
full 64k feed...

"bit robbing" is/was used so the telco can carry more and a lower
quality rate... in many cases, they swiped a bit from each connection...
instead of 8 bits, you only got 7... 7 of those stolen bits made another
connection that could be carried... they did similar with ISDN, too...

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