From: malQRMassimilation@gmail.com   
      
   On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 04:12:50PM -0400, David wrote:   
   > Fred Goldstein said:   
   >   
   > > ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI) is generally no longer available in   
   > > the US.   
   > ...   
   >   
   > > But few know how to provision it. Many of the switches that   
   > > provided it (mainly 5ESS and DMS-100 in the US) no longer are in   
   > > service.   
   >   
   > I suspect that last sentence is a major aspect. VZ at least is   
   > actively working to get rid of their 5ESS's. A benefactor of their   
   > recent buyout told me that the ongoing software charges were   
   > "onerous"....   
      
   It must be the heat: I'm just not getting the subtext of messages today.   
      
   "A benefactor of " ... *whose* recent buyout, of whom?   
      
   What software charges? Do you mean the fees charged for the version of   
   Unix used in the 5E switch? Come to think of it, who owns that switch   
   design now?   
      
   Bill, who is still feeling old.   
      
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