Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 11:02:37 -0800 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ISDN Vs. ADSL,... Message-ID: <199603161902.LAA04166@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 16 Mar 1996 11:52:00 MST." <199603161852.LAA17601@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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Okay, Terry you have an excuse but what about the many programmers in California specially the ones in the Bay Area with the vast amount of resources available to them? BTW: I am looking around for ADSL modems anyone knows where I can get two cheap ones! Tnks, Amancio >>> Terry Lambert said: > > Two things that can can attract more individuals to FreeBSD: > > PacBell, the ISDN king, has a reservation clause in their Tarrif that > lets them reduce the number of "free-hours-before-time-charges", so if > you think you are safe, think again. > It would cost me in excess of $3000 to write an ISDN driver because of > the need to have two cards and two lines (since there is no one else to > talk ISDN to in this very expensive area except very expensive ISPs), > not to mention programming documentation. Many people in the US are > in the same boat (or worse). > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers.
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