From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Aug 24 08:37:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA11068 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 08:37:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA11063 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 08:37:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from etinc.com (etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with SMTP id IAA22525 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 08:37:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ppp-089.etinc.com (ppp-089.etinc.com [204.141.95.148]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA07616; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 11:40:49 -0400 Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 11:40:49 -0400 Message-Id: <199608241540.LAA07616@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Mr. Jason A. Borgmann" From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Subject: Re: 128k ISDN vs. T1 Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Hello, I am in the process of starting an ISP in my area. I was wondering >if any of you could list the pros/cons of using a T1 over a 128k ISDN >(besides speed). This intended ISP will probably start very small (less >than 20 people is what we are figuring) but should be able to grow to over >200 accounts. If you get ISDN, you'll probably terminate in an overloaded Ascend or Cisco box. If you get a T1...you might terminate in a 7000 or 4XXX..which is a much faster and reliable box. Of course, you may terminate in a 2501, which isnt great but still better than ISDN. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX