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Date:      Mon, 26 Aug 1996 10:50:11 -0400
From:      dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
To:        Robert Shady <rls@mail.id.net>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 128k ISDN vs. T1
Message-ID:  <199608261450.KAA23948@etinc.com>

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Robert Shady writes...

>ISDN Primary Rate Interface Service is 23 ISDN B channels, and a single
>ISDN D channel coming in over a single T1.  The original post was meant to
>be a slam against a poster who suggested using ISDN, the response was
>"ISDN is *NOT* upgradable over 128K"... I mearly suggest that "ISDN" doesn't
>really have any limit to it's upgradability, or at least, surely not 128K...
>Now whether it is a viable solution for an Internet up-link is another
>topic I'd be happy to discuss.. We have several companies that think the
>savings of using ISDN vs. FT1 is well worth the minor inconviences that
>ISDN has...

The original premise that ISDN is not upgradable is correct, so why are you
babbling? Yeah, like a 56k DDS line is upgradeable to T1....but its a whole
different product, and you need different equipment.

Dennis
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