RE: Dial Up Solutions

[Clayton Zekelman <clayton () MNSi Net>]

3Com TC here.  9 users online at the moment.  Surprises me that it's 
that high.  Last reboot on the HiperARC was 399 days ago. I almost 
forgot how to log on to the damned thing.

At one time we had over 3000 DS0s worth of dialup capacity.

At 09:37 AM 17/10/2015, frnkblk () iname com wrote:
> We're still using USR Robotics/3com TotalControls and were able to 
> get some spare parts from our statewide telecom partner when they 
> shut down their stuff.  Most common problem we see now are fan 
> failures, but we just cannabilize existing the fans out of a fan 
> tray.  The volume of calls are so low that there are no hours that 
> no one is dialed in, and at most we see two people connected at one time.
>
> Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Will Duquette
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 2:29 PM
> To: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: Dial Up Solutions
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions on equipment for our ISP that is still
> supporting dial up customers?
>
> At the moment we are running 3Com Total Control 1000's but are running out
> of spare parts as we have failures.  Given that this gear is so old trying
> to source spare parts is proving to be difficult.
>
> We do have access to an Cisco AS5200 but are looking for maybe a SIP based
> solution that could possibly run on our VM farm?  Has anyone heard of
> anything like that or does it even exist?
>
> What kind of gear are you running if you still are supporting dial up
> customers?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> --
> Will Duquette
> GWI
> Network Systems Engineer
> www.gwi.net

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Clayton Zekelman
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