Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 11:10:12 -0700 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Outsourcing a modem pool for dialup? Any advice? Message-ID: <200506091110.12782.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050609103010.V89816@wolf.pjkh.com> References: <20050609103010.V89816@wolf.pjkh.com>
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On Thursday 09 June 2005 10:38, Philip Hallstrom wrote: > Hi all - > Our company has a product such that a small server is installed at > each customer site. This server dials up to the Internet every night and > exchanges some content with a central server in our data center. Total > transaction takes about 5 minutes. > > Customers can have multiple sites. Our largets to date has three, but > some potentials have several hundred. > > In the cases where the site does not have an existing Internet connection > we currently use dialup via a major ISP. > > This works for now, but won't for the long haul for a couple of reasons: > > - they all are all sharing the same username and password (yes yes, I > know...) > > - we're moving into canada and this ISP doesn't have many local numbers up > there. > > - Dealing with local numbers and their somewhat frequent changing is a > real headache. > > What I want is a modem pool with one local number (tied into an 800 > number) where I can create as many username/password pairs as needed. I > want that local number to never change :-) > > Now... to make it fun... > > - No, I can't install a dialup server in our corporate datacenter. > - No, I can't setup a freebsd server in satellite office. > > That leaves me with an outsourced solution that needs to work with > FreeBSD's PPP. > > Anyone know of anyone that does this sort of thing? Or an ISP that has a > service geared towards this (our current one does not). > > Thanks! > > -philip You may not like the price but the local phone company likely provides this service. -Mike
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