Re: Slot overkill in PM3
Richard Mehner (home@micronet.net)
Fri, 11 Jul 1997 00:05:09 -0800
Chris Magnuson wrote:
>
> Otay, I have a question about the PM3. It has 6 slots and can house up to
> 60 modems. Of course, you can only get a max of 48 modems in there fully
> utilized because of the fact that 2 chan. T1 lines gives your 48 dialins.
>
> So why all that extra capacity? Would you really need to have 12 extra
> modems in the chassis for getting stuck (if that ever happens) or if they
> go bad? This really seems like overkill.
>
> I'm filling our PM3's with 8-modem cards, but thought I'd ask about this.
> What would make you want to use the 10-modem cards? Are there some planned
> upgrades happening soon that will make 10-modem cards the easy choise to
> free more slots for other things? If so, what?
>
> Any info appreciated before I lease a ton of new 8-modem cards.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Magnuson
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