From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 30 21:56:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA26637 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 21:56:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DNS.Lamb.net (root@DNS.Lamb.net [206.169.44.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA26608 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 21:55:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Gatekeeper.Lamb.net (ulf@Gatekeeper.Lamb.net [206.169.44.2]) by DNS.Lamb.net (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA13991; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 21:59:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Lamb.net (8.7.6/8.7.6) id VAA13757; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 21:56:24 -0700 (PDT) From: "Ulf Zimmermann" Message-Id: <960930215624.ZM13755@Gatekeeper.Lamb.net> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 21:56:24 -0700 In-Reply-To: Michael Hancock "Re: isdn code" (Oct 1, 11:30am) References: X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.514 14may96) To: Michael Hancock , Terry Lambert Subject: Re: isdn code Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , hackers@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Oct 1, 11:30am, Michael Hancock wrote: > Subject: Re: isdn code > On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > >> Unless sufficient many people come out in defense of the current isdn > > > >> code in the FreeBSD tree, it will be removed because of lack of support > > > >> from developers. > > > > > > > >What is "unsupported" about it such that it makes you want to remove > > > >the code? > > > > > > Well, nobody seems to use it or support it. > > > > I thought many Germans were using it, since their country has a real > > communications infrastructure, unlike ours. > > They have a unified ISDN policy like Japan does. Communications > monopolies makes this easier I suppose. > > Surprisingly, Germany's Internet infrastructure seems pretty weak. > International ISP's are more likely to access Europe via the UK or Sweden. > Anyway, that's a different story. > > The Teles driver only supports HDLC and does not support PPP, though I > think they are working on PPP support. I think most FreeBSD Teles Users > in Germany prefer HDLC because it has less overhead than PPP, so most of > the effort goes there. This doesn't help for those who need to connect to > other vendors devices that are most likely use PPP. > > Regards, > > > Mike Hancock > > > > >-- End of excerpt from Michael Hancock Germany has a bad Internet infrastructure because that monopol is driving the prices up. Last january they raised the local prices for analog and ISDN calls 100%. Long distance digital leased got cheaper but are still expensive. :( -- Ulf. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 Lamb Art Internet Services | http://www.Lamb.net/ | http://www.Alameda.net