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In article <3106064e.3509444@199.182.102.2>, pierce@diamondmm.com (John R
Pierce) wrote:
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> From: pierce@diamondmm.com (John R Pierce)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.dcom.isdn
> Subject: Re: Which ISDN device???
> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 10:16:10 GMT
> Organization: Diamond Multimedia Systems
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> Frank Weissig <faw@teleport.com> wrote:
> 
> >Gary G. Barrueto wrote:
> >> 
> >> I'm about to get ISDN this week :) but I still need to decide what ISDN
> >> device I want to purchase. I know I want something I can use via the
> >> serial port. The ones I've been thinking about are:
> >
> >If you want to go via the serial port, the DataFire is out.  It emulates
> >a NIC (Network Interface Card) and requires drivers. There is currently
> >only driver support for Windows NT and WFW/RAS.  Works pretty good under
> >NT, though, as long as you don't need MLPPP.  Win95 drivers are supposedly
> >imminent.
> >
> >> 
> >> Motorola TA 210 (does this do 2B connects?)
> >> Motorola Bitsurfer
> >> Motorola Bitsurfer Pro
> >> Digi Datafire (only heard about this)
> >> 3Com Impact (w/o built-in modem) int/ext
> >
> >If you don't already have a v.34 modem, you might want to consider the USR
> >Courier I-Modem.  It's a bit spendy ($600-$800), but is a solid unit, and it
> >does v.34 emulation.  Two potential drawbacks: no MLPPP or BONDing, and it
> >can't "simulate" DTMF after connecting an analog call, so you can't call
> >analog modems which live on PBX extensions.
> 
> Geez, if you are gonna spend $800 why not spend a bit more and go all
> the way?? Get a ethernet ISDN router like a pipeline 25 and get MPP
> and compression  True, it doesn't do v.34, but I stuck my old v.34
> into one of the pots jacks, and I can FINALLY really get 28.8k
> connections (before, my analog line wasn't good for much over 24k...)
> 
> Getting away from the #$@$ serial I/O makes a huge difference in the
> system performance, especially if you like to do more than one thing
> at a time instead of waiting for downloads....
> 
> -jrp
  
      
    John, let me get this right......If I use an analog modem on an ISDN
digital line I will be charged at a digital rate.  Correct?  Thanks.
 
>Ken