From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 23 11:57:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA09323 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 23 May 1996 11:57:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA09318 for ; Thu, 23 May 1996 11:57:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from venus.mcs.com (root@Venus.mcs.com [192.160.127.92]) by kitten.mcs.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id NAA10794; Thu, 23 May 1996 13:57:41 -0500 (CDT) Received: by venus.mcs.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.28.1 #28.5) id ; Thu, 23 May 96 13:57 CDT Message-Id: Subject: Re: ISDN Compression Load on CPU To: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 13:57:40 -0500 (CDT) From: "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199605231807.OAA28944@etinc.com> from "Dennis" at May 23, 96 02:07:45 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I think the board is under $500. I haven't looked into the prices for the > software development kit. There are already people in both BSDI and > FreeBSD moving on this. > > There will probably be licencing issues for STAC compression though. I > still think it is worth following up on. > > If you look at the per B channel cost of a ASCEND MAX or Cisco 5200 UAS > you can easily understand the excitement this card can generate. > > -mh Huh? A base ISDN-only ASCEND MAX is about $15,000 from many of the resellers out there. This handles 47 ports, for a per-port cost of $312.00. That's not bad, and in fact is less expensive than most analog-line solutions. Its also a one-box 4.5" high solution that painlessly and easily goes right into a rack configuration. Add about $2000 to that price (for the HDLC slotcard) and the same unit handles 95 ports, or $178 per "port". This is too expensive? Hell, you can't even buy a decent modem *alone* for that money! Again, note - no spinning media, no PC-bus issues, RADIUS support, classless routing support, high density, supported, etc etc etc. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity Modem: [+1 312 248-0900] | T1 from $600 monthly; speeds to DS-3 available Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1] | 21 Chicagoland POPs, ISDN, 28.8, much more Fax: [+1 312 248-9865] | Email to "info@mcs.net" WWW: http://www.mcs.net/ ISDN - Get it here TODAY! | Home of Chicago's only FULL Clarinet feed!