On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 10:17:56AM -1000, David Cantrell wrote: > A random sampling of users at FUDCon Brno 2008 showed that ISDN isn't > really in use as much in Europe as previously thought. When I asked > people at FUDCon, I was met with laughter, much like when you talk > about ISDN in the United States. I think "previous thoughts" were correct. ISDN was used a lot in some countries (at least a lot in Germany and the Netherlands, for example) *before* many people moved to broadband/DSL (recent statistics show that in the Netherlands now 78% of all households has a broadband connection). > Are there any places out there still where ISDN is still more deployed > than PPP dial-ups or DSL? Please comment on > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462126 I'm pretty sure ISDN is still used more than ordinary, analogue PPP dial-ups in some countries, although PPP dial-ups (seen from the viewpoint of a Linux system) are now used again for Bluetooth connections with GPRS/UMTS phones ;-). Having said this, I have no strong opinion on the original question, whether ISDN should become optional or not. But a "random sampling" of FUDCon visitors is probably not a good statistical base for a decision, as FUDCon visitors might be -- in general -- better connected than the average user. -- -- Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
