Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:03:35 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-isdn@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deutsche Telekom termination of T-ISDN Mehrgeraeteanschluss Standard Message-ID: <20101127040335.5834aa4f@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <20101126153719.GC16482@beverly.kleinbus.org> References: <201011241938.oAOJcb3x036939@fire.js.berklix.net> <4CEE4395.3080705@colognechip.com> <719E122E-CEAA-4193-9E36-2C553497AEB0@fessel.org> <20101126153719.GC16482@beverly.kleinbus.org>
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On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:37:19 +0100 Ignatios Souvatzis <is@beverly.kleinbus.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 09:07:03PM +0100, Jan-Hinrich Fessel wrote: > > > > Am 25.11.2010 um 12:08 schrieb Cologne Chip AG: > > > > > Dear Julian, > > > > > > it is a misinterpretation of the letter that you have received, > > > that Deutsche Telekom (DT) intends to terminate the ISDN service. > > > > This is correct. DT is not going to drop ISDN in the near future. > > But, depending on your area, you may sooner or later get voice > > substituted by VOIP technology. This may not affect your ISDN b > > channels, but you will not be able to use the d channel for anything > > else than call setup and termination. Especially, if you are > > currently using X.31 over the d channel, this will cease to work. > > > > If you go for call&surf, make sure you get it with ISDN, not the > > cheaper ones with VOIP or POTS. > > I worry more about the access to other IP over DSL providers via > DT's DSL concentrator network. The "Leistungsbeschreibung Call & > Surf Basic (4.1)/Universal." only mentions IPv4 access, nothing > else. > I doubt that the regulatory agency would allow DT to stop access to their DSLAMs for other providers. I also doubt that DT would get away with blocking IPv6 running over their networks. The Bundesnetzagentur would come down on them like a ton of bricks. AFAIK DT is "studying" the implementation of IPv6. They've "studying" that for a long time now. Apparently, DT has enough IPv4 addresses to handle their needs for the foreseeable future and aren't in any hurry. -- Gary Jennejohn
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