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Date:      Mon, 26 Aug 1996 15:04:11 -0400
From:      "Bradley Dunn" <dunn@harborcom.net>
To:        "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 128k ISDN vs. T1
Message-ID:  <199608261912.PAA21209@ns2.harborcom.net>

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Hmmm...Would one be able to bring PRI in over two T1s and use only one of
the 48 channels as a D? Or would you still need a backup D on the second
T1? What kind of termination equipment is necessary, would a Cisco AS5200
work?

Bradley Dunn
Harbor Communications

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> From: Matthew N. Dodd <winter@jurai.net>
> To: Robert Shady <rls@mail.id.net>
> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: 128k ISDN vs. T1
> Date: Monday, August 26, 1996 4:38 AM
> 
> On Sun, 25 Aug 1996, Robert Shady wrote:
> > ISDN Primary Rate Interface Service is 23 ISDN B channels, and a single
> > ISDN D channel coming in over a single T1.  The original post was meant
to
> 
> Actually you can do whatever you want to with a PRI.  There are pre NI-2
> standards that allow you do do what NFAS does on the DMS and on 5ESS's 
> running older software.
> 
> So you can have any arbitrary number of B channels delivered over any
> number of T1 lines and have Primary and Backup D channels.
> 
> For example, when I add a 3rd PRI, I'm not going to order it with a D
> channel.  I'll get 24 B's on that line, and I'll use the D channel on one
> of my other lines.
> 
> I'm aware of Meridian systems that have a primary and a backup D channel
> and 3 to 4 hundred B channels, all delivered over T1s or T3s.



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