From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 17 17:45:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA26289 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:45:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from underdog.maxie.com (maxie.com [199.250.231.28]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA26277 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:45:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from max@localhost) by underdog.maxie.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA18705; Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:43:52 -0500 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:43:51 -0500 (EST) From: James Robertson To: Robert Withrow cc: Robert Withrow , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Another cool hack with FreeBSD... In-Reply-To: <199601180105.UAA08703@spooky.rwwa.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Robert Withrow wrote: > 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. > THat is unfortunate. I guess it is a case of the phone company cashing in on the new technology in your area, since in reality the lines are no different to install than an a normal line, and actually result in less maintaince for the phone company, since they feed directly into thier digital switchbaord without any conversion between analog and digital like a POTS line. In an area like that, load balancing on 28.8's might well be an option worth looking into. > The only reason I wondered is because of the asinine pricing Nynex > thinks they can get for ISDN. I often wonder why there is so little difference in cost between what my provider charges for the ISDN and a 28.8, it would cost us more if we tried it than the ISDN does now. Jmaes Robertson Treetop Internet Services