Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 12:16:33 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Tao <taob@io.org> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Microsoft "Get ISDN"? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960317121148.10344B-100000@cabal.io.org> In-Reply-To: <199603161612.LAA03414@etinc.com>
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On Sat, 16 Mar 1996, dennis wrote:
>
> I still find it terribly interesting that people will spend a fortune
> on horsepower of questionable necessity (like P6s and 166Mhz cpus to
> run a terminal server) but want to use $30. async cards for the most
> important bottleneck in their network.
People will always be doing this because the level of knowledge
required to make intelligent hardware purchases is beyond the average
consumer. I agree with you, an ISP who sticks a bunch of high-speed
serial ports connected to a bunch of Bitsurfrs to provide ISDN access
is just asking for trouble. However, for a workstation or PC at home,
a serially-connected ISDN TA will work just fine. Heck, I can even
connect a 28.8k modem to the POTS jack on my Bitsurfr as a dialin port
and keep my analog voice line free.
--
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org)
Systems Administrator, Internex Online Inc.
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"
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