Re: Any Magic Incantation for USWest?
Christopher Hicks (chicks@chicks.net)
Sun, 20 Apr 1997 03:29:19 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Doug Ingraham wrote:
> > Not that I'm aware of. We get line-side CT1's for ~$1200 and trunk-side
> > CT1's for almost $2000 :(
> >
> > It's worth it for us, half of the reason for getting CT1 is the lack of
> > pairs US West can get to us in a reasonsable time-frame so BRI is not an
> > option.
>
> Why ever would they charge more for line side CT1's when it costs them
> more to do so? Or do they have tons of channel banks laying around?
> Wouldn't a Trunk side interface card for their switch cost less than the
> cards for 24 lines and the channel bank, take up less resources in their
> switch and provide a better quality signal to boot? Or am I making too
> much sense?
Many of us were hoping that Bell made a mistake (gasp) and reversed the
numbers which they gave him. Of course, its as likely that its some
confused PSC trying to help the helpless public.
</chris>
Any chance of those paper cups and string being upgraded to tin cans
and wire? Or as a coworker has said . . . I've seen better throughput
from a pair of gorillas and flash cards. -Jon Lewis <jlewis@fdt.net>