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 > > .............. .................................... Thomas T. Thai Infomedia Interactive Communications tom@iic.net TEL 612.376.9090 * FAX 612.376.9087
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