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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Cheap ISDN solutions [was: What's the state of ISDN support?]
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 15:12:16 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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b13c54v@cpslsops.bell-atl.com wrote:
> You know Jordon,
> 
> People like you who use centrex and ISDN the way you do are going to
> eventually over burden an already taxed local telephone telephone network

As I told this guy in private email - "sheesh, get a life!"

The local CO, and I've talked to the people at the switch, is extremely
_under utilized_ right now and all I'm taking up is one single little
channel unit in an AT&T 5ESS switch which spends most of its time
twiddling its thumbs.  I'm the only ISDN customer in the area, in fact,
and PacBell was MORE than happy to sell me this connection with full
knowledge that I'd be using it as a dedicated connection.  If the RBOCs
can't support a service then they shouldn't sell it, period. 
Fortunately, Pacific Bell is more than capable of supporting this and I
can only conclude that Bell Atlantic (if that's who this "b13c54v"
person works for) simply doesn't have its act together.

-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.