RFE: POTS on OR-U

Kevin Kadow (kadokev@ripco.com)
Fri, 4 Apr 1997 18:32:12 -0600 (CST)

> > Once upon a time Howard Leadmon shaped the electrons to say...
> > >I really like the OR-U, just a shame they don't make one with the two
> > >analog POTS lines included. For that reason alone I keep my P75..
> >
> > We're looking at putting POTS on the OR-ISDN - but just one POTS port.

One is fine.

> Well that would be a real plus, as I could then sell OR-U's to residential
> users as well, where now that are really only useful to people that have
> no need for an analog port. I would probably even put an OR-U at my
> own house if it had even a single analog port, but I have to have at least
> one to get buy (two is nice, but not necessary)..

A single POTS port, with a real feature set would be very useful for many
applications where I now recommend the Pipeline and Gandalf products. At
a minimum, POTS should support call bumping, transfer, three way, caller-ID
and have a 3+ REN ring generator.

This'd be especially handy for attaching an analog modem between the POTS
and serial port, so one could use a single ISDN line in an office for
dial-out to the internet and dial-IN from a home analog line.

A real dream would be if the POTS was a daughterboard slot that could
be swapped out with a digital modem card :-)