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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 14:46:18 +0100 (BST)
From: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk>
To: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
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Subject: Re: T1 upgrade options?
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On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Steve Hovey wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Jul 1997, Daniel C. Fifield wrote:
> > I run an ISP in Wisconsin and we are planning an upgrade from a 56KB line 
> > to a T1 line.  My ISP recommends using a CISCO router.  I am looking for 
> > alternatives and experience using the CICSO router.
> 
> I love my ciscos - its all I will use!  Not too long ago, we had a cracker
> attack an older cisco, rendering it useless.  Their tech support stayed on
> the phone and got me upgraded to a new operating system and crackerproofed
> in a very short time!

CISCO's customer support might be great when one of their pieces of
equipment begins to show it's age/vulnerability, I'm not sure however that
it's the best advertising or reason to buy a Cisco.

I still really don't understand why folks with only a T1 line insist on
buying a separate router, we have E1 here and have a dual port serial card
and a mux. It costs the same to add onto a pc as a Cisco, you still get
tech support and the PC that runs it doesn't do anything else or fall over
ever.

Besides, why learn how to use a Cisco router, when you can have a *BSD box
do it for you for the same price/cheaper, but with a lot less hassle if it
goes wrong.

Check out www.etinc.com and www.sdlcomm.com to name two.

Anyway,

Steve Roome - Vision Interactive Ltd.
Tel:+44(0)117 9730597 Home:+44(0)976 241342
WWW: http://dylan.visint.co.uk/