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Re: (ASCEND) AMI to B8ZS conversion?



At 08:41 AM 12/1/97 -0600, Greg Hale wrote:
>Actually it is a standard practice for an entire C.O. to be run microwave,
>especially in areas where putting cable in the ground is quite expensive as
>it would be in West Virginia.  In 3rd world countries and other rural areas
>microwaves are used extensively. They can bring up channelized T1's between
>the offices using microwave.  This microwave probably uses AMI and can't do
>PRI.

Microwave has is just a carrier and has nothing to do with AMI. Heck, you
can run Ethernet or FDDI over Microwave.

>A switch that does BRI doesn't necessarily do PRI either.  I agree that it
>doesn't make much sense to do one without the other but our Nortel DMS-10
>currently has the option to do BRI but PRI won't be available until late
>next year.

It makes sense since the switch manufacturers charge a lot more for PRI
than BRI.

Matt Holdrege		http://www.ascend.com	matt@ascend.com
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