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  From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
  To  : John Edwards <isplist@pinnacle.net.au>
  Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 14:55:15 +1030

Re: ISDN metering (was: ADSL Enabled Exchange Areas: Updated 20/11/2000)

On Wednesday, 29 November 2000 at 14:10:05 +1030, John Edwards wrote:
> Greg Lehey wrote:
>
>> In Germany, they have effectively phased out analogue phones, and it's
>> true that ISDN is cheaper than analogue.  But when I was living there
>
> As a consequence, some German manufactured routers have an 'S0' admin
> port in addition to a console port. Much like Cisco's have an AUX port
> to plug an external modem into, the German S0 port is for an ISDN BRI ..
> much more civilised for remote management than modems :)

Correct, S0 (the 0 should really be a subscript) is the German term
for BRI at the S interface (PRI is S2M).

> Sadly the ISDN ports seem to be crippled when exported to other
> parts of the world.

I suppose the regulatory bodies insist on that.

Greg
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