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Date:      Mon, 23 Jun 1997 11:49:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "John T. Farmer" <jfarmer@sabre.goldsword.com>
To:        jas@flyingfox.com, jfarmer@goldsword.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, tomthai@future.net
Subject:   Re: ISDN
Message-ID:  <199706231549.LAA18132@sabre.goldsword.com>

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On Mon, 23 Jun 1997 02:39:50 -0400 (EDT) "John T. Farmer" said:
>
>By the By, someone mentioned that the I-courier has two serial ports
>on it.  So far, I've not found any information that says this.  What
>I have found is related to the number of analog POTS ports on the box.
>

I hate to follow up on my own post, but...

The notes I was checking about the i-courier were related to the external
"single" unit.  If you go with the MP/8-I box, it appears to have 2 serial
interfaces on each "modem" card with x2 & v.34bis available on both 
channels.

So, for a simple proof of principle case:

Individual I-couriers	4 x $300 + power strip
				 + mounting + cables	= ~$1350

The MP/8-I box		$2800 + cables 			= ~$3000

Features wise:
	Individual I-couriers, 4 ISDN, x2, v.34bis users
		at a time (without additional modems)
	MP/8-I box, 4 128k ISDN, 8 64k ISDn, x2, v.34bis
		users at a time.

So, for twice the price, you get a cleaner installation that will support 
more users.  It's clear that using the individual I-couriers, while ok
for a testing phase, is not a good long-term solution for x2 support.

John

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