Best ISDN Adapters and d/l speeds

Diabolus · 19-01-2003 8:20pm #1

Whats the best ISDN adapter for 128k ISDN? I was using a Hayes TA128k and it connected at 112.5 k. I havent got it any more cause it was ****. Any good ones out there?

BArra · 20-01-2003 2:18am

eicon diva

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?action=info&p=21413&t=402&l=2&AvdID=1&CatID=12&GrpID=1&s=pl

asus

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?action=info&p=19631&t=402&l=2&AvdID=1&CatID=12&GrpID=1&s=pl

both great isdn modems for pings and dl, you shouldnt have any probs with them

baz

Turner · 20-01-2003 10:21am

I would have thought every isdn ta would download at the same speed, around about 14.7 - 15 kb/sec. Only ever seen 15kb/sec on a dcc in irc to somebody else with same connection.
Chief.

ando · 20-01-2003 12:48pm

the Asus is IMO the best. I havent had any trouble at all with it and I've had it for well over a year now

STaN · 20-01-2003 1:31pm

i use a Billion PCI ISDN TA

and i can around 17.1kb/s on fast downloads

saik · 20-01-2003 1:35pm

asus and eicon diva both use same chipset EXCEPT that. the eicon diva has hardware to take the strain off your cpu. this only matters if you have a 300mhz CPU

spongebob · 20-01-2003 2:00pm

You may prefer this, being an external modem.

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?action=info&p=19644&t=402&l=2&AvdID=1&CatID=12&GrpID=1&s=pl

In operation it is grand but I had a funk time trying to install it into Windows XP . You can see also if some dipstick has left it on ....when they shouldn't.....from the lights.

M

John2002 · 20-01-2003 4:02pm

In general which are better for download times, internal or external? Or is there a difference?

Turner · 20-01-2003 7:34pm

Originally posted by STaN
i use a Billion PCI ISDN TA

and i can around 17.1kb/s on fast downloads

After about 10 mins of downloading what rate would you get, ie does it stay at 17.1kb/sec. Never seen that before on isdn.

STaN · 20-01-2003 10:40pm

it would stay at that, or even a bit higher, ive seen 17.4, 17.8 and bursts to 35 when downloading text (due to compression)

Turner · 20-01-2003 10:47pm

Might have to get Iceman in with his amazing mathematical powers to proove how that is impossible.

/me shouts ICE.

BArra · 20-01-2003 11:12pm

internal by far are better

baz

BArra · 20-01-2003 11:13pm

dont go getting a modem from eircom, they are properly **** for everything and anything and they will kindly make u pay for that priviledge

baz

The Cigarette Smoking Man · 20-01-2003 11:34pm

Originally posted by Chief---
Might have to get Iceman in with his amazing mathematical powers to proove how that is impossible.

/me shouts ICE.

It's not impossible. If your downloading text, a dual channel ISDN connection can go up to ~40KB/s with STAC compression.

spongebob · 21-01-2003 10:04am

but is that supported by all the ISP's ?

BArra · 21-01-2003 5:53pm

well elive.com or .net or .ie, try them and see i cba ;z , but they deffo work, ud have to ring up eircom for an a/c to get 128k access but they are terrable from my experience,

elive i would go for if u wanna use it, expensive though ;DF

baz

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