[ale] ISDN modems

[robbie at tomservo.mindspring.com]

In our previous episode, Andrew Newton was heard to say:
> 
> I always here people talk about the Bitsurfer, but I really
> know nothing about it.  Can it bound the two B channels
> together?  Does it kick in the second channel when traffic
> reaches a certain saturation point?

I don't know if Motorola still sells the Bitsurfr, but
you'll be better off getting a Bitsurfr Pro. The BS doesn't
do MultilinkPPP (it says it does, but doesn't), but the BSpro
does. You also get 2 analog jacks.

I'm not sure about dynamically bringing up the link when 
traffic increases, but the BS pro will let bring both B
channels up, recieve a call on one (dropping you down to 1B),
and then will automatically bring the second B back up
when you're done.

The BSpro also delivers Caller ID information on the analog
ports. I think later revisions of the plain BS do this as well,
tho.

Robbie

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