Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 17:23:16 -0500 (EST) From: Stefan Molnar <stefan@exis.net> To: Joe Greco <jgreco@solaria.sol.net> Cc: spork <spork@super-g.com>, richard@pegasus.com, freebsd-isp@freeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@freeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: reliable modems? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970324171954.6035B-100000@tarpon.exis.net> In-Reply-To: <199703242003.OAA18596@solaria.sol.net>
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> I'm sitting about 30 meters from a room where there are TWELVE HUNDRED
> Courier modems. A local ISP used a bit of creativity and developed a
> nifty way to set up arrays of 120 Courier modems, complete with phone,
> power, and network wiring for the four Portmasters on each array.
> It's a bit scary to see 120 modems all powered by a single step-down
> transformer (10 identical racks). The modems kick off a bit of heat,
> too. On the other hand, it's very easy to debug, and is a relatively
> inexpensive per-port solution to the problem.
We are doing the exact same thing. I think they are cooler looking with
a big old transformer do it all.
> It's quite impressive to see a telco demarc for 1200 analog lines.
That I would like to see, but I will stick with all the fiber lines.
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