From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Aug 24 11:20:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA21101 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 11:20:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Gatekeeper.Lamb.net (root@cat-food.Melmac.org [206.169.44.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA21093 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 11:20:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Lamb.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA05321; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 11:19:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Ulf Zimmermann Message-Id: <199608241819.LAA05321@Gatekeeper.Lamb.net> Subject: Re: 128k ISDN vs. T1 To: kyricc@inetnebr.com (Mr. Jason A. Borgmann) Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 11:19:19 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199608240703.CAA00157@falcon.inetnebr.com> from "Mr. Jason A. Borgmann" at "Aug 24, 96 02:03:40 am" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hello, I am in the process of starting an ISP in my area. I was wondering > if any of you could list the pros/cons of using a T1 over a 128k ISDN > (besides speed). This intended ISP will probably start very small (less > than 20 people is what we are figuring) but should be able to grow to over > 200 accounts. > > Thanks... > Sorry to be rude, but another "Wanna-be-ISP". First it looks like you should go and read more about what is possible in telecommunication hardware. Like that ISDN is not upgradable over that 128K. That there exist Fractional T1. Frame Relay. And so on and so on. Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 Lamb Art Internet Services || http://www.Lamb.net/