Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Peter Desnoyers Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: The Torsten & Jim ISDN Chat Show (was ISDN & TCP/IP) Message-ID: <2738@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 9 Jan 90 20:50:21 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 31 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 16, message 4 of 11 In article <2353@accuvax.nwu.edu> euatdt@euas17c10.ericsson.se (Torsten Dahlkvist) writes: > But I must ask a question to the net, U.S. readers in particular: I > know for a fact (= I was there when it happened!) that Ericsson has > been approached by one of *the* major Japanese electronics > manufacturers (no, I'm NOT going to say which one - I'm far out on a > limb as it is already!) which wanted to sell a line of ISDN phones > with built-in TA functions. Essentially a small feature-phone with a > V.24, X.21 or (I think, but memory is vague) X.25 connector. We tried > it and found that with minor changes in CO software it could be used > with our CO (remember I said our implementation is *very* close to the > international standard. We like to think it's *the* closest one on the > market at present!). Sorry to come into this discussion so late (I had a rush project before Christmas and am just catching up on news). Anyway, this sounds similar to the AT&T 7500 set with the optional rate adaption card. I imagine that it would cost lots-o-bux, but I know they are selling them to real people (i.e. they're not just engineering samples) because I saw one in a hotel in Key West. It'll handle 5ESS BRI (of course) at the S interface and seems relatively reliable. I've never used the rate-adaption card - I think the physical interfaces available are RS232 and V.34. Peter Desnoyers Apple ATG (408) 974-4469