Re: PM3 act any better with ISDN than 5BRI/OR-U?

Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Tue, 29 Jul 1997 06:51:55 -0500 (CDT)

On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Rich Brennan wrote:

> We're looking at digital modem solutions, but we've had such bad luck
> with the 5BRIs and now an OR-U, with near total silence from Livingston
> tech support, I'm wary about going with Livingston's PM3.

Bad luck? Ive tested the 5 bri AND the OR-U now with pipelines, courrier,
and 3 com, and it seems to work fine. Seems to work especially fine with
the Ascend products.

> The price/performance of the PM3 looks great on paper, but if I have to
> reset ISDN lines every other night, or have reboot the whole unit to recover
> a wedged (ring/no-answer) ISDN line, that sure makes the performance part
> of a PM3 look lousy.

I have 3 pipe 25's at customer sites who have been nailed for days to a
pm2e with a 5 bri card.

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> Rich
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