GTE covers most of the local area. They use SLC-5's almost everywhere. My
4 PRI's come directly out of a GTD-5. 2 of them originate from another
GTD-5, and 2 of them originate from an ATT-5ess (GTE's MetroLan service
routes them into my switch). I'm running NI-2 on all of them. I'm under a
mile from the CO.
Anyone else want to compare notes?
Jon
> My excitement of receiving the new cards quickly disappeared the first
> time I tried connecting a Zoom 56kx modem to my PM-3. On one of them,
> nada. On the other, 38k, but a dropped connection shortly thereafter.
>
> So I tried Hayes. Same thing. I've got customers trying Zoltrix, Smart
> Rapid Transit (Apex is the parent company I believe -- they use Lucent
> chips), Falcon, and Supra. Nothing works. :-((((
>
> I'd always assumed everything was gonna be okay since our average connect
> rate for our customers is 31.2. I *always* get a 31.2 connection from my
> house, but can't do dick with any 56k modem I've tried.
>
> The new cards do work though. One of our employees has an ISDN line. When
> he connects with the Zoom thorugh the ISDN line, he gets transfer rates
> of about 5.7kbytes/s (reported connect rate of 48k). Also, most of our
> 28.8/33.6 customers are seeing better connect times and latency is down.
>
> Still a BIG bummer.
>
> PM-3, new cards
> 3.7
> PRI, NI-2
>
> **big sigh**
>
> Sad in SoCal,
> Jon
>