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Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 13:50:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com>
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Subject: Re: interface card to connect 64k..256k to connect to internet
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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.