Word: isdn
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WHRB is installing an ISDN line to receive the digital transmission directly from the Met, for which the opera house will foot the bill. The station must learn the intricacies of the new satellite system before the first broadcast in two months...
...mobile phones is currently limited to a relatively slow 9.6 kbps, the European telecom industry should receive a huge boost next year with the arrival of an enhanced GSM system: General Packet Radio Service, or GPRS, will boost transmission speeds to 150 kbps--faster than a high-speed ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) computer line. Consolidating their lead in the global race in mobile telephony, most European operators will begin to add the feature next year...
Other new offerings from FAS Computer Services include a Dial-Up networking installer on CD-ROM, which includes new versions of Netscape and other programs; full networking support for Windows 98; Windows NT Workstation software on Science Center labs; and 56K and ISDN-compatibility on the dialup modem pool, enabling users with these high-speed modems to access the FAS network
...still can't afford a high-speed ISDN line, the old modulator-demodulator still has a few tricks up its sleeve. Acer's Wireless PC Connection ($200) uses 900-MHz spread-spectrum technology to permit notebook users to stray up to 500 ft. from their phone jacks for backyard or poolside computing. Meanwhile, SuperSonic II ($200) from Diamond Multimedia yokes two modems (and two phone lines) together to bring the effective bandwidth up to 112 kbps (kilobits per sec.). If someone calls while you're online, the system just cuts the speed in half until you hang up the phone...
City officials have ambitious plans to bring in those better-paying jobs. They're planning a center to house software companies they would lure with an "incubator" incentive package, including one year of free access to ISDN lines, low-rent offices in the neighborhood of $30 to $40 a month and free technical advice. The goal is to attract high-tech businesses like the one that recently moved in downtown, Integrated Technology Group, which makes software for robotic controls. Gus Comstock, the city's economic development director, sees this as the right kind of business for the future...