From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 10 13:09:42 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78F8516A4CF for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:09:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smarthost2.sentex.ca (smarthost2.sentex.ca [205.211.164.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12E6643D3F for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:09:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from BLUELAPIS.sentex.ca (cage.simianscience.com [64.7.134.1]) by smarthost2.sentex.ca (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id j0AD9egE066611 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 08:09:41 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) From: Mike Tancsa To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 08:10:00 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1105229509.683.433.camel@Mobile1.276NET> <20050110044559.61F5D43D2D@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <20050110045250.GA3914@sleepy.wojomedia.com> In-Reply-To: <20050110045250.GA3914@sleepy.wojomedia.com> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80/625/Fri Dec 10 12:41:57 2004 clamav-milter version 0.80j on clamscanner2 X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: Viable FreeBSD Network Access Server projects...? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:09:42 -0000 On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 22:52:50 -0600, in sentex.lists.freebsd.isp you wrote: >On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 11:46:02PM -0500, Troy Settle wrote: >> you like, I can boot up an old Ascend Max 6096 to see if it still = works. If >> so, I'll let it go for $500 (or you can make me an offer). This thing= will >> take up to 4 T1/PRI (96 lines total). I also have a 4048 I'll let go = for >> half that. > > That's a really good price for a nice and solid box. You can't >buy 96 new modems to fit in a 4U slot for $500 nowadays. Take a look at ebay. I have seen PM3s fully loaded go for $300 or less. Thats 48 digital modems on 2 PRIs. If this is a one off project, you are hard pressed to beat that from parts. ---Mike