AOL or LOL

[jsfurball]

AOL reckons that (here in the Uk) it only supports ISDN at 64 K.

I have the chance to use ISDN with dual channel, which I am told can then give me 128 K. Waht will happen if I try to connect at 128k - will AOL self destruct ?

Or does "does not support" mean it will work but AOL just wont like it ?

Any ideas you clever people ?

[Rockin' Ron]

I might be wrong on this but I thought dual channel ISND sends on 1 and recives on the other, whereas single channel does both on the same channel. In effect you could possibly connect to LOL on 1 channel (send channel),but because LOL doesn't support dual channel transmissions it doesnt even see the second channel (recive channel) to send packets back to you on.
It would try to send the packets on the same channel that the request for packets came from , But of course this won't work because that channel is dedicated to send only.
You wont hurt any hardware by tryng to connect but your modem will not get past the handshake process because of LOL's lack of support.

[jsfurball]

My understanding is that I'd have two 64k ISDN Lines.

So in effect, I could connect two separate pc's to the internet, or dual them to get 128k on one pc (that's what the literature says).

The sticking point is Aols statement that it only supports 64k

[gibsinep]

you will probally just connect at 64k

I think for IDSN you have to buy 2 accounts.

So it would be around the same price for dsl or cable if it is in your area.

[Rockin' Ron]

You are correct jsfurball, you can connect 2 seperate PC s at 64k each or 1 pc at 128k with just about any ISP that offers ISDN at 128k. But LOL would rather charge you for 2 connections at 64k each instead of let you connect at 128k for the the price of just 1 account. If you have a ISP in your area that supports 128K ISDN I would just give LOL the boot and get a different ISP.




Just my two cents worth

[HRM]

You will be fine. It just means that you will be connecting to the aol site faster.

I think you are misreading it. I think it means AOL can only provide you with 64k. If you pay someone else for your connection, then you do not have to pay AOL for an ISP connection. You can still subscribe to AOL for other services at a reduced rate (lord know why you would want to). But you can if you choose to do so.