Re: OR/U's versus Pipeline 75

Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Tue, 20 May 1997 14:30:28 -0500 (CDT)

On Tue, 20 May 1997, Alex Rubenstein wrote:

> > OR/U P75
> >stac compression n y
> Why would you want compression? Why give a customer more than they deserve?

This is a stupid reply to my question.

> >bridging n y
> What? Who uses this?

Me so I can see all my office traffic at my house.

> >pots 0 2
> Didn't you get ISDN to get away from POTS?

Customers like the idea of using 1 b channel for something else, e.g. fax,
to offset the cost of the $57/month isdn line, and MANY only use the 64k
channel since MOST isp's charge extra for 2b bonded.

> >retail price $1195 $995
> Retail is useless.

Tell that to a consumer reading ads in magazines and surfing the
respective manufacturers websites.

> Isn't the Ascend part enough?

Almost.

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