From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Jun 21 12:31:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA15357 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 12:31:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dream.future.net (root@future.net [204.130.134.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA15351 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 12:31:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dream.future.net (tomthai@future.net [204.130.134.1]) by dream.future.net (8.8.5-r-beta/8.6.10) with SMTP id OAA28956; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 14:32:30 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 14:32:29 -0500 (CDT) From: "Tom T. Thai" To: "Gary D. Margiotta" cc: Blaz Zupan , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ISDN In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 > > .............. .................................... Thomas T. Thai Infomedia Interactive Communications tom@iic.net TEL 612.376.9090 * FAX 612.376.9087