Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 22:03:47 -0400 From: Ean Kingston <ean@hedron.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Outsourcing a modem pool for dialup? Any advice? Message-ID: <200506092203.47419.ean@hedron.org> In-Reply-To: <20050609141848.A71755@mail.goinet.com> References: <20050609103010.V89816@wolf.pjkh.com> <200506091110.12782.ringworm01@gmail.com> <20050609141848.A71755@mail.goinet.com>
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On June 9, 2005 03:20 pm, Tony Shadwick wrote: > We can also provide this sort of thing for you, but it won't be anywhere > near as cheap as the single ISP account you're using. We have to allow > enough lines for simultaneous connections. The good news is that it is > overnight, and you are correctly staggering the connections, then it might > not be a problem, but if we have to purchase an additional PRI line to > handle the need, then that cost would be passed along. > > Give me a call: 314-436-1700 I'm in Canada and looking for work (since the last company I worked for shrunk) and I would be willing to set up a dialup pool in Toronto for you with 800 service and whatever you want for cost plus a reasonable paycheck for myself. Of course, Tony would probably offer you a better price. If you are interested, e-mail me off list. Or, if anyone knows of available BSD/Solaris jobs let me know. Thanks. > On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > On Thursday 09 June 2005 10:38, Philip Hallstrom wrote: > >> Hi all - > >> Our company has a product such that a small server is installed at > >> each customer site. This server dials up to the Internet every night > >> and exchanges some content with a central server in our data center. > >> Total transaction takes about 5 minutes. > >> > >> Customers can have multiple sites. Our largets to date has three, but > >> some potentials have several hundred. > >> > >> In the cases where the site does not have an existing Internet > >> connection we currently use dialup via a major ISP. > >> > >> This works for now, but won't for the long haul for a couple of reasons: > >> > >> - they all are all sharing the same username and password (yes yes, I > >> know...) > >> > >> - we're moving into canada and this ISP doesn't have many local numbers > >> up there. > >> > >> - Dealing with local numbers and their somewhat frequent changing is a > >> real headache. > >> > >> What I want is a modem pool with one local number (tied into an 800 > >> number) where I can create as many username/password pairs as needed. I > >> want that local number to never change :-) > >> > >> Now... to make it fun... > >> > >> - No, I can't install a dialup server in our corporate datacenter. > >> - No, I can't setup a freebsd server in satellite office. > >> > >> That leaves me with an outsourced solution that needs to work with > >> FreeBSD's PPP. > >> > >> Anyone know of anyone that does this sort of thing? Or an ISP that has > >> a service geared towards this (our current one does not). > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> -philip > > > > You may not like the price but the local phone company likely provides > > this service. > > > > -Mike > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Ean Kingston E-Mail: ean AT hedron DOT org URL: http://www.hedron.org/ I am currently looking for work. If you need competent system/network administration please feel free to contact me directly.
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