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From: MegaZone
Sent: Friday, September 13, 1996 10:44 AM
To: portmaster-users@livingston.com
Subject: RE: PM-3 vs MAX 4002 (fwd)
Once upon a time Kyle Townsend shaped the electrons to say...
>I joined this RFE thing late. Are you saying that
>the Livingston DOESN'T support "hard-wired" BRI
>connections, or that the Ascend or RA6300 doesn't ?
We do not support hardwired ISDN at this time. The Ascend MAX does. I
don't believe the RA6300 does, but I'm not clear on that.
* Is "hard-wired" BRI the same thing as "nailed-up" BRI ?
Is this in the National ISDN 1 or 2 specification. When
you say "not at this time" are you saying you intend
to support it in the future ?
>Also, is there anybody out there who understands
>frame relay over ISDN ? What's the advantage of
Usually Frame Relay is less expensize. Also you can run multiple PVCs on
a single Frame Relay line where as ISDN is used for point to point
connections.
>this versus "hard-wired" ISDN ? Is it true that
>most TELCO's don't support this even if your
>hardware does ? Which of the three products under
Hardwired ISDN is exceedingly rare. Basically unheard of in the US. The
one country where is seems to be popular for some reason is Germany.
*Well, actually, I meant Frame Relay over ISDN. Do most
carriers support this or not ?
-MZ
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