Re: Multi-Tech CommPlete vs. PM3? (fwd)
Kevin Smith (kevin@ascend.com)
Tue, 22 Apr 1997 15:00:22 -0700
At 09:48 AM 4/22/97 -0500, Al Hopper wrote:
>On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, MegaZone wrote:
>
>> Once upon a time Stephen Fisher shaped the electrons to say...
>> >Is it practical to break it out into BRIs instead? I know Livingston has
>> >looked into making a box to mux pots<->chan-t1 but how about bri<->pri?
>>
>> We thought about it - it would probably cost as much as a PM-3 to do it.
>>
>> You have to bring in BRI, handle the signalling, split out the data,
convert
>> the data back to ISDN and recreate the signally and send out as PRI.
>>
>> Basically it is like hacing a PRI comm server and a BRI comm server back to
>> back.
>>
>> Not cheap. It would be cheaper to build a new unit that took BRI and had
>> the same features as a PM-3 natively.
>>
>And you would end up with a box that would allow you to order BRI
>circuits from the telco and resell them as PRIs. In GTE land that would
>allow you to "buy" the lines for approx $600/month (12 * BRI) and sell
>them at < $1700/month - that what GTE wants for PRI.
>
>So what would the payback time be for your bri<->pri converter? Probably
>attractive. And it would be so much fun to stick it to the telco....
Madge Networks (former Teleos) have such a beast...don't know what it costs
though...
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