From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Apr 17 14:41: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mail.paradox.net (mail.paradox.net [209.243.0.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DFD5150B6 for <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 14:40:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jpaner@paradox.net) Received: from thinkpad.paradox.net (ppp42.paradox.net [209.243.1.42]) by mail.paradox.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA21003; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 14:27:35 -0400 Message-Id: <199904171827.OAA21003@mail.paradox.net> X-Sender: jpaner@paradox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:40:29 -0400 To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> From: "John J. Paner" <jpaner@paradox.net> Subject: Re: cheapo 56k hardware Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904171549460.15061-100000@picnic.mat.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Two ideas for you. Call any Competitive Access Providers (CAPs) in your area. In our area Hyperion and ACC will give you as much as $3,000 / T1 to subsidize digital equip. You can alway get USR Courier I modems and order a few BRI ISDN lines. This will let you do 56kps and ISDN without the need to spend $10k on equip for a few lines. John At 03:52 PM 4/17/99 -0400, you wrote: >I need to find inexpensive access for a very small ISP, to 56 K lines. >The ISP has an aging Livingston router, one that doesn't support any >plug-in modules, so forget any modules from Livingston. Is there some >kinda of system that might get 56 K modems to talk directly to Ethernet, >and still be cheapo? If this is a multithousand buck answer, it's not >gooing to be really practical, so please don't make gold plated >suggestions without awfully good reasons behind it (better than just >enhanced reliability). > >----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- >Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data >chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. >213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | >Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) >(301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). >----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message