Saturday, August 26, 2006
ISDN Users left out in the cold by broadband connect
The governments broadband connect program gives people who cannot get ADSL or Cable broadband service or ISDN access services the ability to receive a subsidized broadband satellite service which is a usually a 2WAY transponder dish terminal set up. The broadband connect satellite services unfortunately still don’t make it a level playing field for internet users as often these plans are not unlimited downloads like the city ADSL plans are.
But the real group of second or even third class citizens are the people stuck on ISDN. ISDN internet is a narrowband service which is limited to 128k which is 2 x 64k data services lines. This limits what the user can do on the internet. For voice over IP and video on demand as well as listening to streaming audio you really need a connection of 512k for best results and the 128k ISDN users struggle utilize some of these services due to bandwidth limitations as a 128k ISDN service is really 64k up and 64k down, so as you can see its very limited.
Australian Federal Government needs to wake up and smell the roses and expand the broadband connect program to take in the ISDN users.
But the real group of second or even third class citizens are the people stuck on ISDN. ISDN internet is a narrowband service which is limited to 128k which is 2 x 64k data services lines. This limits what the user can do on the internet. For voice over IP and video on demand as well as listening to streaming audio you really need a connection of 512k for best results and the 128k ISDN users struggle utilize some of these services due to bandwidth limitations as a 128k ISDN service is really 64k up and 64k down, so as you can see its very limited.
Australian Federal Government needs to wake up and smell the roses and expand the broadband connect program to take in the ISDN users.
# posted by Peter Saville - IT Consultant @ 2:36 AM 
