Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 13:50:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com> To: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: interface card to connect 64k..256k to connect to internet Message-ID: <199705152050.NAA17469@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com>
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Thanks to all for the feedback on this; it's been illuminating. My take is that the case for the quad-sync card at an ISP or a corporat headquarters is stronger than that for the single-sync card in a remote-office or ISP-customer setting. Price certainly is a factor, and personally, at $1K for a PCI-based, single-T1 card, I find it a hard sell compared to a Pipeline 130 with an integrated CSU *and* a BRI port for, say, $1300. (And I can't say that I found derisive quote marks around the word "handle" in "handle a T1", or references to brands of automobiles, persuasive.) The FreeBSD box with 1-3 quad-T1 cards, plus a 100 Mb/s Ethernet card, is another story, and looks attractive. Jim Shankland Flying Fox Computer Systems, Inc.
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