From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Sep 15 19:49:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA15273 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 19:49:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wicked.eaznet.com ([206.62.254.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA15268 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 19:49:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eaznet.com (as1-31.eaznet.com [206.62.254.239]) by wicked.eaznet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA02021; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 19:51:22 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <341DF3F5.3C979B59@eaznet.com> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 19:50:29 -0700 From: Eddie Fry X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jsuter@uranus.intrastar.net CC: "John T. Farmer" , rewt@i-Plus.net, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, jfarmer@goldsword.com Subject: Re: Digital Modem choices References: <199709152054.UAA05300@uranus.intrastar.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jacob Suter wrote: > > vendor (Phylon Tech. at http://www.phylon.com/) looking for help in > > writing & testing FreeBSD drivers for their cards. Currently they have > > W*nNT support. From the looks of it, it (as well as other vendors cards) > > > use the MVIP bus (as used in voice-mail pc's, Computer based Telephony > > apps, etc.) to tie things together. But it looks like it's is/will be > > possible to buy/build your own "ascend" replacement soon using FreeBSD... > > But the issue is, would you want your FreeBSD box to catch on fire like > Ascends like to do? > > I've heard stories of several charred Ascend boxes... And if you can't > afford a PM3, you just got no excuse to be an ISP (IMHO). > Huh?!?! PM3's cost MUCH LESS than As*end boxes. And yes, they are much better. If you choose an As*end that doesn't mean you can't be an ISP. It just means you won't be the smartest ISP. ;-) Eddie > JS