Diginet is not the same as ISDN, Diginet is a permanent connection whereas ISDN is a switched service – in other words you need to dial-up to access the service. The costs involved for a Diginet connection is a fixed monthly rental,while with ISDN there is a fixed monthly rental and an additional usage charge.

DSL is Faster: ISDN provides two voice/data channels, each at speeds of 64 Kbps, while DSL is predominantly a data service providing up to 1.5 Mbps downstream and up to 512 kbps upstream. Business DSL offers T1-like speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps-more than 10 times faster than ISDN! DSL is "always on": ISDN is a dial-up service (like a regular telephone line) that's digital and carries both data and voice; Business DSL is "always connected"

ISDN BRI provides the transmission of digital information between Allstream's local central office equipment and comparable equipment at the customer's location enabling simultaneous transfer of voice, data, video and fax communications at speeds up to 128Kbps (2 x 64Kbps). ISDN PRI provides two-way connectivity between a customer's Private Branch Exchange and the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) over a DS-1 interface enabling customers to carry both voice and data communications.

A modem converts your computers data packets into an analogue signal (sounds a bit like a fax machine) and uses the normal telephone network to pass this to your ISP (Internet Service Provider) who then turns the signal back into data and thus enabling your computer to communicate on the Internet. ISDN also uses the telephone network to transmit data to the ISP but does not convert the data to analogue signals; instead it uses digital equipment at the exchange and on your computer.

A3. ISDN Stands for Integrated Services Digital Network, which just means that it is a digital connection between you and the local exchange. The services refer to such things as Caller ID Display DDI numbers etc. Although analogue lines at home can display the Caller's number this is not common with business telephone systems. ISDN2e lines cost ?93 per quarter to rent but they have 2 channels (2 calls at the same time). Analogue lines only allow 1 call at a time and cost ?41.

A ISDN stands for Integrated Services Digital Networks. It is an all-digital, circut-switched telephony system that is an alternative to analog modems, although both can operate over regular copper telephone lines. What this means for you is faster, more reliable connections. ISDN comes in two different speeds, 64k and 128k. Many of the problems that exist with normal analog modems which operate over POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) do not exist with ISDN.

ISDN is a digital phone communications link system, which allows high-speed data to be passed over long distances. It is commonly used now for internet access. FSOL have used it in the past to transfer not just live music but also live video and images to different venues all over the world. 'The Kitchen' internet cafe in New York is a good example of a place suited to recieve both of these, as it has on occasions in the past