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Date:      Sat, 21 Jun 1997 14:32:29 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Tom T. Thai" <tomthai@future.net>
To:        "Gary D. Margiotta" <gary@tbe.net>
Cc:        Blaz Zupan <blaz@gold.amis.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ISDN
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSD.3.91.970621143119.28576I-100000@dream.future.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970621145245.23296A-100000@lightning.tbe.net>

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On Sat, 21 Jun 1997, Gary D. Margiotta wrote:

> > Until now I did not find any other TA but the Omni 128. Which other TA's
> > have two serial ports?

I've read and re-read all the specs on the i-modem and didn't find any 
mention of TWO SERIAL ports to handle two different users simultaneously 
on both B channels.

 > 
> Well, the USR courier I-Modem does, and I believe there is one from
> Cardinal that does also, though I am not sure of the model #.
> 
> > Yeah, I just registered for the 56K modem cards on www.livingston.com.
> > I'm not so eagerly waiting for those anyway, because most customers over
> > here use USR modems that do X2 instead of K56flex and I do not intend to
> > support them anyway (get ISDN if you want higher speed).
> 
> True, but in my situation, I am getting a PRI, which from my understanding
> doesn't interface well with ISDN, and vice versa, though unfortunately I
> didn't have much time to do the reasearch, the quality of our phone lines
> is forcing my hands into going digital before we really wanted to.
> 
> > Won't this be an expensive route? First buying the USR units, then switching
> > to PM3? I think that 56K is just an intermediate step and it will die sooner
> > or later.
> 
> Actually we were and still are planning on supporting both standards until
> they come up with one mix, and that in the end would also allow us for
> more phone lines and modems in the end.  I agree with you on that.
> 
> -Gary Margiotta
> TBE Internet Services
> http://www.tbe.net
> 
> 


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