Re: Using office routers in remote sites (fwd)

Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Wed, 20 Aug 1997 07:31:06 -0500 (CDT)

On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, PM Users List wrote:

>
> sorry, my brain was asleep when I posted. We actually do something
> similar without the need for the remote hardware. We get a residential
> line in the remote city and call forward it back to the modem pool. We
> pay the higher " extended calling plan" rate on that line but all the

In MOST areas, this allows for only 2 paths.

> lusers in that remote city can call that residential # without
> problems..... works great and is super CHEAP.. It's a great way to test
> the waters, so to speak, in the new city before committing hardware.

It does not work correctly in SWB territory unless you order multiple
paths. We already tried this. SWB SAID it was supposed to work, but we
could NEVER get more than 2 calls forwarded to our LARGE hunt group from
outside the hunt group's CO.

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