You might want to look into isdn but I doubt it will be much better. You might try qualify for discounted phone service (life line) you might be able to get a phone where you pay per call and per minute for each out going call and save money You might be able to hit the Sceince Center if you can provide me gps or address information and height for your house as well obsticle (also remember you can probably put a 12-20 foot mast on your roof) there may be wisp's in your area that you can get service from (let me know if you want me to ask around)
ISDN is generally not cost-effective compared to other forms of broadband. And that's not taking into account the relative slowness (64 or 128 kbps) compared to other broadband.
You generally have 2 ways of connecting:
"Dial-up" ISDN. Just the ISDN BRI connection will probably cost you more than DSL. Then you need to add some charge per-B-channel, per-minute (last I checked it was 2 cents). That's 4 cents per-minute if you're running at 128kbps.
"Centrex ISDN". Means that you and your ISP are 2 branch offices of the same company, as far as the phone company is concerned. They will charge you per-mile, each month. When I checked into it, it was several hundred dollars.
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You might try qualify for discounted phone service (life line)
you might be able to get a phone where you pay per call and per minute for each out going call and save money
You might be able to hit the Sceince Center if you can provide me gps or address information and height for your house as well obsticle (also remember you can probably put a 12-20 foot mast on your roof)
there may be wisp's in your area that you can get service from (let me know if you want me to ask around)
ISDN
You generally have 2 ways of connecting: