Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 10:41:02 +0200 (MET DST) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: karl@mcs.com (Karl Denninger, MCSNet) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Hackers), isdn@muc.ditec.de (FreeBSD ISDN Distribution List) Subject: Re: ISDN Compression Load on CPU Message-ID: <199605250910.LAA17949@allegro.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <m0uMfZs-000IDOC@venus.mcs.com> from "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" at May 23, 96 01:57:40 pm
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Karl Denninger, MCSNet writes: > >> I think the board is under $500. I haven't looked into the prices for the >> software development kit. There are already people in both BSDI and >> FreeBSD moving on this. >> >> There will probably be licencing issues for STAC compression though. I >> still think it is worth following up on. >> >> If you look at the per B channel cost of a ASCEND MAX or Cisco 5200 UAS >> you can easily understand the excitement this card can generate. >> >> -mh > > Huh? > > A base ISDN-only ASCEND MAX is about $15,000 from many of the resellers out > there. This handles 47 ports, for a per-port cost of $312.00. > > That's not bad, But it's not as good as this board. Even if you only have 23 B channels, you're talking of more like $20 per B channel. > and in fact is less expensive than most analog-line solutions. Sure, that's one of the advantages of ISDN. > Its also a one-box 4.5" high solution that painlessly and easily > goes right into a rack configuration. I'm sure the board could be built into that form factor. > Add about $2000 to that price (for the HDLC slotcard) and the same unit > handles 95 ports, or $178 per "port". Are you saying it handles 5 PRIs? > This is too expensive? Hell, you can't even buy a decent modem *alone* for > that money! Assuming there's such a thing as a decent modem :-) But we're talking ISDN here, not analogue. Greg
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