What benefits does ISDN offer over normal dialup access?
ISDN comes with two separate communication channels, allowing you to access the Internet with one channel, while using the telephone on the other. Alternatively, you can bond both channels together and access the Internet at 128,000 kbps, which is approximately three times faster than by regular dialup. (Although we say that the maximum connection speed on an analogue phone line is 56,000 kbps, this is strictly a theoretical top speed which would certainly never be reached in practice) Another benefit of ISDN is that it takes only 1 to 3 seconds to connect, compared to up to thirty seconds on a regular dialup service.
