From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 23 15:04:11 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA01241 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 15:04:11 -0700 Received: from etinc.com (etinc-gw.new-york.net [165.254.13.209]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA00958 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 15:02:07 -0700 Received: from trumpet.etnet.com (trumpet.etnet.com [129.45.17.35]) by etinc.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA11231; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 18:19:20 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 18:19:20 -0400 Message-Id: <199510232219.SAA11231@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Terry Lambert From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: Bragging rights.. Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >> 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