From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 11 18:23:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA27768 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 18:23:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.210.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA27761 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 18:23:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tom by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.62 #1) id 0wbyZl-00066U-00; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 18:21:21 -0700 Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 18:21:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius To: Terry Lambert cc: Bob Bishop , henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu, michaelh@cet.co.jp, wilko@yedi.iaf.nl, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cable modems In-Reply-To: <199706111831.LAA06382@phaeton.artisoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > ISDN is a tool for establising rate metering for data connections. > > ISDN also requires that you upgrade your phone switches to a 5ESS or > better, and pay a huge license fee to AT&T for the switch software > to run it. Huh? A good portion of telcos have Nortel or other switch types. Even GTEs ancient GDT-5 switch can support ISDN (however only PRI, not consumer level BRI). Plus, Nortel makes ISDN channel bank gear to provide BRI service for residentional/business use, and aggregate it into a T3 or whatever, convert the signalling, and pipe it into the switch. Such equipment can be used with nearly any switch. > US West does not offer ISDN in my service area because they have a > single 5ESS in Tucson with the software. If they had their way, > they would not serve non-business customers at all, but they do so > reluctantly to maintain their legal monopoly and to provide those > business customers someone to whom the can make unsolicited sales > calls. Well, that is just US West in your area. I know in other areas, they have BRI service, off DMS-100 switches. > [ boy, did I get up on the wrong side of the bed today, or what? ] > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > > Tom