Re: Leased Lines vs Frame Relay w/voice over frame

Wayne:
I have quite a bit of experience with FR on the AS400 and am in the process
of converting some private line circuts to FR.  In general the FR allows you
better pricing, better throughput and more uptime.  But remember, these are
comm lines and there will be a bit of down time, however overall I am very
pleased.

As far as connectivity, you are probably doing SDLC.  If you wish to
continue you will need to use a FRAD.  I have had some good experiences with
Motorola Vanguard MP Routers.  They will do the SDLC to FR conversion and
perform fairly well.  You can config them to do just about anything, but
they can be a bit complicated to configure.
Good luck.

Carl Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
http://cgalgano.home.mindspring.com
mailto://cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
(770) 422-2995

-----Original Message-----
From: JacksonLea; A unit of Jason, Incorporated <jacklea@twave.net>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 12:00 PM
Subject: Leased Lines vs Frame Relay w/voice over frame


|JacksonLea has 4 remote locations scattered all over North America.  When I
|started this job the leased lines were already in place and I had other
|priorities.  Now, I am considering switching from leased lines to frame
|relay.  I am familiarly with all the reasons for switching.  What I am
|hoping to get from this group is actual AS/400 leased line to frame relay
|experience (war stories).  I am especially want to hear about up time from
|someone who is not a marketing weasel.
|
|I am also considering voice over frame relay.  Has anyone had this
|experience.  How did the users react.
|
|
|-**************************
|G. Wayne Calvert
|Information Systems Manager
|JacksonLea
|A unit of Jason Incorporated
|
|APICS CPIM certified
|
|jacklea@jacksonlea.com
|http://www.jacksonlea.com
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|(828) 464-1376 x 3314
|(828) 464-7094 Fax
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