>>  JP>      The big deal with ADSL is that is uses the existing copper
 >>  JP> pairs that the telephone company already sends into subscriber's
 >>  JP> homes.  No new installation is needed except for a small network
 >>  JP> terminal controller to demodulate the signals.
 >>
 >>     Look for the difference:
 >>
 >>     The big deal with ISDN is that is uses the existing
 >> copper pairs that the telephone company already sends into
 >> subscriber's homes.  No new installation is needed except
 >> for a small network terminal controller to demodulate the
 >> signals.
 >>
 >>     Found it?
 >>
 >>     Don't scream, now ;-)

 JP>      Why would I "scream?"  I have no idea what your
point is. ISDN is a

his point is that the only (apparent) differences are the terminal
controllers... everything else is the same... following up on this logic,
one would speculate that the cost of the lines would be the same, as well,
and that the only cost differences would be for the terminal adapters.

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