Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 18:19:20 -0400 From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bragging rights.. Message-ID: <199510232219.SAA11231@etinc.com>
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>> dennis wrote: >> > on their switches. If you >> > think its the next "great upgrade" you're badly mistaken. >> >> Why? I don't see where the regional bell's *motivation* is at all >> the issue. > >You're right that their motivation isn't an issue in deployment. >But it is in their tarrif structure. > >I think the investment in 5ESS or better switching technology >isn't as pronounced as Dennis would have use believe, or I'd have >ISDN and Centrex/Centron services available at my home (I don't; >there is a single 5ESS in Tucson, AZ, and much more than that >worth of phone lines -- I'm on one of the "alternate" exchanges). The 5ESS's themselves aren't a sufficient condition for ISDN. They have to re-tool them (software, line cards, etc) and they have to have a network management scheme in place. We don't have it in NY either (you can get it....but its a nightmare) and we've been digital forever here. Its basically a multi-million dollar decision to go ahead with it, and when they do they're in it big. They can't just dabble in it without losing big bucks. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25
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