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Date:      Fri, 16 May 1997 10:19:04 -0400
From:      dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
To:        isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: interface card to connect 64k..256k to connect to internet
Message-ID:  <3.0.32.19970516101901.00c14064@etinc.com>

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At 01:50 PM 5/15/97 -0700, you wrote:
>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.)

Why would you want a PCI card for a 56k or 256k link? The $500. ISA card is
designed to compete with the low end solutions you're talking 
about... you're not even comparing apples to apples.

db



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