Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:45:02 -0600 (CST) From: Avalon Books <avalon@advicom.net> To: Hellmuth Michaelis <hm@kts.org> Cc: wam@sa.fedex.com, freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I4B support for US ISDN? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901241034320.15278-100000@vespucci.advicom.net> In-Reply-To: <m104M99-00002lC@bert.kts.org>
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On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Hellmuth Michaelis wrote: > Passive ISDN cards are dirt cheap over here, no second device is needed > which consumes (more) power (than just a passive ISDN card in your box) > and ISDN is a bit more than just doing IP over it here, something which > is not possible at that extent with a TA or a router. And a passive ISDN > card is _much_ more flexible than a router or TA ever could be: its much > better suited to serve my play instinct ;-) More flexible? Hm... I would be interested in hearing a detailed explanation for that. It will go nicely with my up-coming research on european ISDN hardware (its nice to have access to a manufacturer's lab resources). I switched over my entire operation to ISDN and I now have completely seamless voice/data integration. Seems pretty flexible to me. > Hopefully - and the code is already there - i4b will run with the existing > PPP code, although i don't see the need: bonding two B-channels together > does not make much sense here. Why not? Again, a detailed explanation would be helpful, though I suspect I already know the answer--ISDN is extremely expensive in the particular state I reside in, and I use bonding only for really large data transfers. The costs of using ISDN for voice communications are bad enough without intentionally makeing it worse for myself. > On the other hand, from time to time someone from the US pops up, expresses > interest in ISDN, tells he is doing something, disappears silently and was > never heard again after some time; so what we are currently discussing, are > we - as the european counterparts - discussing the third, fourth or even > the fifth time. Well, that would explain it. I would probably feel the same way under similar circumstances. My apoligies if I've ruffled any feathers. --R. Pelletier Sys Admin, House Galiagante We are a Micro$oft-free site To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message
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