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Re: Do not use UUNET for ISDN access

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From: Mike Stubblefield
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 00:00
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I have been with UUNET since last yr and am very happy with their level of 
service and support. I started out ISDN also and indeed did get the same 
information as you did. But I fixed it on my end. What I did?  I set up the 
Ascend Pipeline 50 to dial one line right after dialing the other. So it dials 
connection 1 and then immediately dials connection 2. The end result of that 
is that I always got a 128k connection without fail or flaw. The reason they 
told me that they couldn't guarantee me a 128k connection is that the dialup 
lines and the dedicated lines are one in the same as far as the ascend max 
routers are concerned. Their software (on the routers) randomly selected 
connections to routers based on which max you connected to when you originated 
your connection. This in theory could mean that you dialed max 1 to connect 
your first line and then because there were no more available lines on max 1, 
you were rolled over to max2 for the second line. They have a 'hunt group' 
meaning a rotary on their isdn lines coming into the routers. I only found 
this a little hard to deal with at first, but have been everything but happy 
ever since.

If you think UUNET is bad, you really ought to look into some of the other 
smaller providers and see how they handle their ISDN. I couldn't be more happy 
with them now as I was when I switched over to them.

>- dave
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From: mike_st@iah.com (Mike Stubblefield)
Subject: Re: Do not use UUNET for ISDN access
Date: 1996/09/19
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