Viable FreeBSD Network Access Server projects...?

[Mike Tancsa]

On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 22:52:50 -0600, in sentex.lists.freebsd.isp you
wrote:

>On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 11:46:02PM -0500, Troy Settle wrote:
>> you like, I can boot up an old Ascend Max 6096 to see if it still works.  If
>> so, I'll let it go for $500 (or you can make me an offer).  This thing will
>> take up to 4 T1/PRI (96 lines total).  I also have a 4048 I'll let go for
>> half that.
>
>  That's a really good price for a nice and solid box.  You can't
>buy 96 new modems to fit in a 4U slot for $500 nowadays.


Take a look at ebay.  I have seen PM3s fully loaded go for $300 or
less.  Thats 48 digital modems on 2 PRIs.  If this is a one off
project, you are hard pressed to beat that from parts.

	---Mike