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<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>>With ISDN, the conversion is done in your phone
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Exactly. Or in the case of Asterisk, it is a
4 wire digital right into the switch--no degradation. Even converting back
and forth between analog and digital multiple times compromises quality.
Try doing a dial-up modem across such a path. The best you will get is 20
- 30 K.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>>IF you can
get a PRI-line for the same price.</FONT><BR>Not to mention that the interfaces
for PRI are about five times as expensive. I'm not sure why. It
doesn't seem like it ought to take a lot of electronics to break down the bit
stream.</FONT></DIV>
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