> But what I mean is, if my first box has say 48 modems, and I get 46
> ISDN calls, and I start using the second box, and a modem customer calls,
> I won't have any modems available to answer it. This is not an unlikely
Right. We talked about this about a month ago, and it would require more
than programming to allow the isdn b channel of 1 pm3 to access the modem
in another pm 3. I would think it would require a BUS extension, something
like a SUPERSTACK setup.
> So my concern is that when my first PM3 has all its B-channels filled,
> but free modems, those modems are inaccessible.
AFAIK, that is how it works. Some people will buy a bare pm 3 JUST for
isdn customers and set up a different phone # to prevent this.
>
> My question is, can I put my modems at the end of the pool, so that modem
> users will get busy-forwarded to where the modems are, while ISDN calls
> will be picked up on the first box, efficiently using my hardware
> investment?
Hrm, sounds like an INTERESTING and possibly plausible idea. Try it!
> Setting up separate PRIs for 56k and ISDN completely defeats the purpose,
> and doubles my (already absurd) telco bill.
Dont need to set up separate PRI's. The phone co can set up different
hunts within and/or across PRI's (im told by swbt).
But Id try your modems at the end idea first.
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