Re: Different ISDN-SWITCH types on PM3

DamienT (damient@livewire.digicity.net)
Mon, 16 Dec 1996 12:06:19 -0800

At 11:41 AM 12/16/96 -0800, you wrote:

<excerpt>

The isdn-switch type is configured for the entire box. However, each of
the two interfaces can be configured independently for line (PRI/T1/E1),
framing, encoding, channelization, etc.

--Marty

</excerpt>

Does this mean that, unlike the Ascend Max, the PM3 can be connected to

two different switches (as long as the switch type is the same) even if

they are in different telco CO's? I noted from some Ascend tech notes

that the Max derives it's internal bus clock off one of the sync ports

and thus cannot be used with circuits from two different COs due to

timing incompatibility / clock slip. With Interexchange carriers about

to offer us nifty services originating from switches that aren't

necessarily the piece of hardware living in the local CO, then the PM3

definitely has a great advantage in terms of flexibility over the Max

in that regard.

Guess it wouldn't matter too much if we were forever going to be

buying all services from the local RBOC, but the world is changing
<<g>!