From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Jan 23 14:56:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA17581 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 14:56:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from hauki.clinet.fi (root@hauki.clinet.fi [194.100.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA17570 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 14:56:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from news.clinet.fi (root@news.clinet.fi [194.100.0.3]) by hauki.clinet.fi (8.8.5/8.6.4) with ESMTP id AAA04384; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 00:55:55 +0200 (EET) Received: (hsu@localhost) by news.clinet.fi (8.8.4/8.6.4) id CAA09148; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 02:57:00 +0200 (EET) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 02:57:00 +0200 (EET) Message-Id: <199701240057.CAA09148@news.clinet.fi> From: Heikki Suonsivu To: Leonard Chua Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Leonard Chua's message of 23 Jan 1997 04:18:54 +0200 Subject: Re: 56K vs X2? Organization: Clinet Ltd, Espoo, Finland References: Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk From: Leonard Chua I think when I quoted that salesblurp from the Livingston rep, I should have included the last part, which basically said that USR will only license their X2 for modem manufacturers, and not manufacturers of products of the other end of the line - i.e. the Dialup Access Servers/Hubs/Concentrators(/whatever else vendors like to call them). So unless their policy changes, the PortMaster3s will not get X2 upgrades (but rather rockwell 56k instead). This poses some worry. I just today got mail from Livingston distributor and they promise to support both, and have agreement with USR to do that. Am I falling into a marketing trap ? I would appreciate comments on experiences with Ascend MAX4k, Cisco 5200, PM3, and possible other solutions (not separate modems and other wirechaos systems, we already have one). Anyone using PM3, it seems to be the most affordable solution, but least common here in Europe and a fresh product compared to Ascend ? -- Heikki Suonsivu, T{ysikuu 10 C 83/02210 Espoo/FINLAND, hsu@clinet.fi mobile +358-40-5519679 work +358-9-43542270 fax -4555276