Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 09:54:27 +0100 (MET) From: hm@hcs.de (Hellmuth Michaelis) To: avalon@advicom.net (Avalon Books) Cc: hm@hcs.de, freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I4B support for US ISDN? Message-ID: <m104hmt-00003sC@hcswork.hcs.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901242131210.20360-100000@vespucci.advicom.net> from Avalon Books at "Jan 24, 99 09:46:13 pm"
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>From the keyboard of Avalon Books: > > > More flexible? Hm... I would be interested in hearing a detailed > > > explanation for that. > > > > Its simple: a TA or router allows you to do only that things, the TA or > > router was designed to let you do. A passive ISDN card allows you to do > > everything ISDN allows you to do. > > Oh? So what does european ISDN offer that U.S. ISDN doesn't? So far, my > TA allows me to use all of the features available from my Telco (and its a > long list, I assure you). It has nothing to do with Europe/US differences. Read the (european) ISDN standards to get an impression what is possible on the D- and/or B-channels, there is much more possible than telephony and/or IP/PPP. Fax and Video are just two examples. As i said, a TA allows you to do just those (ISDN-) things which are supported by the TA's firmware. hellmuth -- Hellmuth Michaelis Tel +49 40 559747-70 HCS Hanseatischer Computerservice GmbH Fax +49 40 559747-77 Oldesloer Strasse 97-99 Mail hm [at] hcs.de 22457 Hamburg WWW http://www.hcs.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message
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