From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Sep 13 12:49:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA22846 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 12:49:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from radford.i-plus.net (root@Radford.i-Plus.net [206.99.237.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA22840 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 12:49:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from totally.nutty.net (insane@totally.nutty.net [206.99.237.44]) by radford.i-plus.net (8.8.6/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA12327; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 15:47:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709131947.PAA12327@radford.i-plus.net> Reply-To: "Troy Settle" From: "Troy Settle" To: , Subject: Re: Digital Modem choices Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 15:54:20 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1008.3 X-MimeOle: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.1008.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Butch: This probably is off-topic, as it's not really related to FreeBSD. With that said, I'd like to say that we've had nothing but the best of luck with Ascend products. We've had a 4004 since last January, and the total downtime on it has been about 45 minutes while upgrading from analog to digital modems. I can't speak for the 4048, but Ascend's overheating problems seem to have gone down quite a bit since the advent of digital modems. Since I've used neither, I can't comment on the Cisco or the Livingston. If you haven't seen it yet, http://www.k56flex.com seems to have some fairly decent informaion on the subject. Troy Settle Network Administrator, iPlus Internet Services http://www.i-Plus.net -----Original Message----- From: Butch Evans To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Saturday, September 13, 1997 9:37 AM Subject: Digital Modem choices >I hope this is not off-topic. We are about to turn in our analog >dial-in lines for digital. I have considered several options, and >have settled on the Cisco AS5200, Ascend 4048, or PM3. I am leaning >heavily toward the Ascend. Does anyone have any experience with any >of these products that you can share with me? I currently have PM2s >at all my POPs. I have heard that the Ascend's had trouble with >overheating. I would appreciate any input you can provide. Thanks, >and again, I apologize if this is off-topic. > > > >Butch Evans | SEMO's First and Largest >Network Operations | Internet Service Provider >Shelton Internet,Inc | Visit our Website at >Malden, MO 63863 | http://www.sheltonbbs.com >