From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat May 25 10:16:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA02901 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 25 May 1996 10:16:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA02896 for ; Sat, 25 May 1996 10:16:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from venus.mcs.com (root@Venus.mcs.com [192.160.127.92]) by kitten.mcs.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA03225; Sat, 25 May 1996 12:16:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: by venus.mcs.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.28.1 #28.5) id ; Sat, 25 May 96 12:16 CDT Message-Id: Subject: Re: ISDN Compression Load on CPU To: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 12:16:17 -0500 (CDT) From: "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, isdn@muc.ditec.de In-Reply-To: <199605250910.LAA17949@allegro.lemis.de> from "Greg Lehey" at May 25, 96 10:41:02 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Its also a one-box 4.5" high solution that painlessly and easily > > goes right into a rack configuration. > > I'm sure the board could be built into that form factor. > > > Add about $2000 to that price (for the HDLC slotcard) and the same unit > > handles 95 ports, or $178 per "port". > > Are you saying it handles 5 PRIs? 4 PRIs with one or two "D" channels (I prefer two so if you lose a span you're not hosed, which gives you 94 usable channels). > > This is too expensive? Hell, you can't even buy a decent modem *alone* for > > that money! > > Assuming there's such a thing as a decent modem :-) But we're talking > ISDN here, not analogue. > > Greg -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity Modem: [+1 312 248-0900] | T1 from $600 monthly; speeds to DS-3 available Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1] | 21 Chicagoland POPs, ISDN, 28.8, much more Fax: [+1 312 248-9865] | Email to "info@mcs.net" WWW: http://www.mcs.net/ ISDN - Get it here TODAY! | Home of Chicago's only FULL Clarinet feed!