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> The 2503i is hardware wise a 2503, that means 2 serial WAN ports and 1 ISDN
> port. The 2503i is a so called mission specific version, which means it runs
> only the ISDN port and the serial ports are disabled.

If you are connecting this mission specific router to a Cisco on the 
other end, you can use something cheaper like a Cisco 900 with only an 
ISDN and Ethernet interface [if its not a model 900, don't shoot me].

Tomas Lawrence
American Information Network