On Wednesday 10 December 2003 08:48 am, Leo J Mauler wrote:

> Is ther still the problem with ISDN that you have to have the telco turn
> their end of the ISDN on before you turn yours on, requiring a phone call
> from you to the telco if the connection is ever broken?

Eh?  ISDN is dial-up, you can connect to POTS, Digital Modems, or other ISDN 
modems, disconnect and reconnect just like a voice phone.

Methinks you may have confused a comic strip with a factual publication, or an 
entertainer for a technical expert.