Re: modem calls to PM3 with no modems

Stephen Zedalis (tintype@exis.net)
Wed, 6 Aug 1997 05:45:02 -0400 (EDT)

On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Kelley Lingerfelt wrote:

> So, you are saying this actually does work, or are we not sure? Our
>ratios aren't that good yet, but say I had 40 Modems in the 1st PM3 and
>40 modems in the 2nd PM3. Then 40 people call in all with modems, they
>would of course go to the 1st PM3. Then another modem call comes in, it
>would automatically go to the 2nd PM3. If an ISDN user calls in he would
>connect to the first PM1? and so on and so forth?

Yes, I'm sure this is the way it works

>If this is indeed the case, we have got to start pushing ISDNs hard.

Go for it.

>I was under the impression, that they would just get the silent treatment
>you talked about, when they dialed up and there were no more modems.

No, at the end the goal is to return a busy. Customer's understand a busy
signal (sort of, and it better be rare). Customers do not understand
answer, then silence.