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Date:      Tue, 19 Mar 1996 07:09:20 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers)
Subject:   Re: ISDN: "modem" or board? (Was: Microsoft "Get ISDN"?) 
Message-ID:  <1645.827248160@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 Mar 1996 15:19:49 %2B0700." <199603191422.PAA14451@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> 

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> > You, uh, would?  64+64 = 128Kb/s using my own calculator! :-)
> 
> No, that's abusing your calculator.  Async bytes are 10 bits (8 bits,
> start and stop), whereas sync bytes are 8 bits.  So you'd need at

I know, and with async I get 115.2Kbps not 128K.  I believe that that
B channels do 64Kbps assuming 8 bits per byte, not 10, so my
calculator remains unabused.

> Aha.  Yes, you can.  With a card, there is no chat script or login, no
> more than there is if you connect to a different system via Ethernet.

Well, I still need to dial but I guess I can see where I would not have
to stick a getty on the board.

> If it does it automatically, you end up paying twice as much for your
> connection, even if you don't need the bandwidth.  You need some form

Not at all.  Centrex ISDN is what folks like Amancio and I use.

> You want me to order a couple for you?

I'm not sure it would work here - that's what Teles in the US told
me when I suggested buying a couple of the German ones, anyway.

						Jordan



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