From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jul 11 16:05:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA08691 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 16:05:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw-fr1.etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA08685 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 16:05:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ntws (ntws.etinc.com [204.141.95.142]) by etinc.com (8.8.3/8.6.9) with SMTP id TAA14686 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 19:12:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970711190420.00f0d460@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 19:04:23 -0400 To: isp@freebsd.org From: dennis Subject: Re: T1/T3? - back to the subject Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Anyway, if you want to have a great router, cheap, and still solve your bandwidth requirements (if you are not Too big).... 1) find a provider that sells "clocked down" T3. This is when they run a T3 to your location but set the CSUs on both ends to a fractional rate. This effectively allows you to upgrade in (typically) 2 Meg increments, depending on the service that they provide. CRL is one of the providers, I believe, that offers this. 2) Use FreeBSD with our PCI board and you'll be set up to (at least) 10Mbs, probably 12 or 14. You'll also need a Fractional T3 CSU with a V.35 port, Digital Link makes one...probably others also. So for Under $4000 you have a fast router with up to 12Mb/s of backbone bandwidth..... Dennis