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Date:      Wed, 18 Jun 1997 10:01:27 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Tom T. Thai" <tomthai@future.net>
To:        listuser <listuser@h2o.journey.net>
Cc:        "John T. Farmer" <jfarmer@sabre.goldsword.com>, dennis@etinc.com, map@iphil.net, isp@FreeBSD.ORG, jfarmer@goldsword.com
Subject:   Re: Comparison
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSD.3.91.970618100114.17868G-100000@dream.future.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970618101343.25343B-100000@h2o.journey.net>

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I like the PM3s.

On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, listuser wrote:

> The most cost effective Ascend MAX is the 4048.. It comes with T1/PRI
> software and 48 K56 modems and the CSU's for two T1's...
> 
> (Infact it works great :)
> 
> I also have 4002's and 4004's and have a MAX TNT on order for a large pop
> I am building..
> 
> --Matt
> 
> On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Tom T. Thai wrote:
> 
> > I believe you can with the right drivers.  For instance, take a PRI/T1 
> > card with MVIP interface and hook it up to a 24 highdensity card via the 
> > MVIP interface.  ISDN is handled by the T1/PRI card and if it detects 
> > analog, it passes the call to the analog modem card.  The hardware is out 
> > there, but no drivers.
> > 
> > On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, John T. Farmer wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > On Tue Jun 17 11:06:51 1997 dennis said:
> > > >At 01:57 PM 6/17/97 +0800, you wrote:
> > > >>Hi,
> > > >>
> > > >>Jon Lewis wrote:
> > > >>> I wonder if ET has considered such a thing based on their sync cards?  My
> > > >>> guess is there's so much extra hardware and software involved that anyone
> > > >>> making one of these as a PC card to be used under Unix or NT is unlikely.
> > > >
> > > >This is non-sense, but the market for unix is way too small and NT probably
> > > >doesnt have the hooks to do it properly. It IS a big project, and to do EI
> > > >would
> > > >require getting tons of approvals and testing sites......but channelized T1 is
> > > >more reasonable. We dont plan on doing it though. Can't do everything, and 
> > > >selling unix into high-end scenarios is a tough job.
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >>Perhaps.  However I am interested, and I'm sure many other folks are,
> > > >>in the interests of ease-of-management.  Channelized E1 gear such as
> > > >>the Ascend MAX 4000 support a whole lot of stuff like ISDN and frame 
> > > >>which we cannot use anyway, but add to the cost (fantastic!)
> > > 
> > > I'm coming into this in the middle so to speak, and so I'm not sure what
> > > exactly was being discussed but it sounds like it's related to something
> > > that I'm interested in, that is ISDN interfaces for BRI & PRI that will
> > > operate under FreeBSD.
> > > 
> > > So far, what I've seen are some older cards that used to work under FreeBSD.
> > > 
> > > What I would like to be able to do is to use it for PPP & MPP.  If it could
> > > accept "voice/modem" calls (aka k56) that would be a win also.  I suppose
> > > that what I want is to able to add the ability of an Ascend 1800 or 2000
> > > to a FreeBSD box :^> (Max 1800 handles 8 BRI's, supports upto 16 64k ppp
> > > links for ~ $6k.  Add ~$5k & it supports 16 k56/33.6 channels.  The 2000
> > > does the same using a PRI.)
> > > 
> > > So any ideas?
> > > 
> > > John
> > > 
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > John T. Farmer			Proprietor, GoldSword Systems
> > > jfarmer@goldsword.com		Public Internet Access in East Tennessee
> > > dial-in (423)470-9953		for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com
> > > 	Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > ..............          ....................................
> > Thomas T. Thai          Infomedia Interactive Communications
> > tom@iic.net             TEL 612.376.9090 * FAX 612.376.9087
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 


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Thomas T. Thai          Infomedia Interactive Communications
tom@iic.net             TEL 612.376.9090 * FAX 612.376.9087





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