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>Dennis wrote in message ID
><199608052044.QAA00357@etinc.com>:
>> 
>> >before... I heard Ascend, Adtran, and Cisco is the way to go. 
>> 
>> This is the truly exasperating part of this (damned) business!
>
>Perhaps you'd care to explain why a FreeBSD PC built out of your
>products is better than a $38k Cisco 7010, with 8 sync serial ports, 2
>100bTX fast ether ports and a HSSI port? I doubt you could even DO
>that with a single PC...

Its not. But its as good as the 4XXX that you pay $16,000. for.

Dennis 

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