From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 17 17:33:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA25272 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:33:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [192.216.222.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA25214 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:32:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from spooky.rwwa.com (rwwa.com [198.115.177.3]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id RAA23415 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:05:15 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spooky.rwwa.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id UAA08703; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:05:05 -0500 Message-Id: <199601180105.UAA08703@spooky.rwwa.com> X-Authentication-Warning: spooky.rwwa.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.5.3 12/28/94 To: Max Goof cc: Robert Withrow , hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Another cool hack with FreeBSD... In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 17 Jan 1996 13:53:14 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:05:05 -0500 From: Robert Withrow Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > At least in our area, two normal phone lines would cost only $3 > less than we pay for flat-rate ISDN (About $55 a month). However, in our area, all ISDN lines charge message units. POTS lines can be purchased flat rate. And ISDN lines require *very* expensive installation fees. > ISDN bandwidth is 64K per channel in most areas, not 56k Here it is 56K. > I think load balancing 28.8's might be a viable solution for internal > use, such as between two company locations, where you only have the > physical link to pay for, and not your provider's profit margin as well. The only reason I wondered is because of the asinine pricing Nynex thinks they can get for ISDN. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Withrow, Tel: +1 617 592 8935, Net: witr@rwwa.COM