Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 22:48:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.magicnet.net> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cheapo 56k hardware Message-ID: <199904180248.WAA86689@bilver.magicnet.net> In-Reply-To: <00ab01be891b$7a98a920$c7f608d0@mark> from Mark Koskenmaki at "Apr 17, 1999 2:44:31 pm"
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Mark Koskenmaki recently said: > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.magicnet.net> > To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> > Date: Saturday, April 17, 1999 2:17 PM > Subject: Re: cheapo 56k hardware > > >Chuck Robey recently said: > > > >> I need to find inexpensive access for a very small ISP, to > >> 56 K lines. ... > >> If this is a multithousand buck answer, .... > >It's not going to be cheapo. You can find all sorts of devices on > >the used marked below 56K - but the last time I looked the 56K > >devices were still pretty expensive in comparison. > You do have some options... but none of them are cheap. One of > least expensive is to find used equipment, another is to use a > Hayes (yeah, i know, they are gone, but some of the stuff is still > around) S/RAS. .... ...It used to be about $7000. There is a > company that has taken over the products. Perhaps they're going to > continue the process. IMO - good used equipment - from a reliable used equipment vendor is the way to go. The people I work typically buy CSU/DSUs for about 1/2 of new by getting used products. They all do basically the same job. We paid $6K for an Ascend Max400x - 96 33k modems, and under 1/2 price of new value on a Cisco router. > I once read on Boardwatch it was possible to us an ISDN line and > modem to supply 2 56K lines. I don't know how it was done or if > it's still possible. I remember hearing about that too, however if it was do-able why aren't people doing it. I've not heard of it. (But just because I've not heard of it means little). Bill -- bill@bilver.magicnet.net | bv@wjv.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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