Re: considering covad

[Steven Pritchard <steve@silug.org>]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 02:11:55PM -0600, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> If you're getting $40/month for 2B ISDN, the analog phone rate must be less 
> than $10, .. so that's not TOO significant a savings.

I'm reasonably sure analog lines cost more than that.

> The are a lot of other 'gotcha's', however, .. BIGGIE - ISDN phones
> must be connected to a UPS, as they do not line power! You could use a
> router that allows analog phones instead of ISDN phones, .. but better
> have your UPS handy!

That's exactly what I do (we don't have any analog phone lines), and a
500VA UPS will keep the ISDN routers running for quite a while.  It's
not really that big of a deal.

Steve
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