From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Mar 26 11:47: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from bilver.wjv.com (dhcp-1-170.n01.orldfl01.us.ra.verio.net [157.238.210.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A52437B719 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:46:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bill@bilver.wjv.com) Received: (from bill@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f2QJigl25787; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 14:44:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bill) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 14:37:37 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion To: Blaz Zupan Cc: "Drew J. Weaver" , "'freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: Cyclades opinions.... Message-ID: <20010326143737.C25314@wjv.com> Reply-To: bv@wjv.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from blaz@amis.net on Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 07:48:24PM +0200 Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 07:48:24PM +0200, Blaz Zupan thus spoke: > > Max 4048s are far superior to any Portmaster product, and Max > > TNTs are even better. > Of course the Max 4048 is an obsolete product as well with no > software updates beyond 7.x.x. I'd say buying into an obsolete > product at this point is a bad choice. Yes, if you're a company > offering dialup to your employees, sure, buy whatever fits you, if > anybody complains just tell them to go to hell :) But if you're an > ISP, buying into an obsolete and unsupported platform (PM3, Max > 4048) is a big mistake. You'll lose tons of customers on mistakes > like this. We bought a used 4048 - that had obsolete modems in it - for just one purpose. It was used for incoming ISDN and worked quite well for that at great savings. And all ISP's aren't the same. I have a PM - bought it cheap - only for the the ISDN lines coming into that [not the same as the above place]. It will also only be be used for emergency access ot the system. Customers will be ADSL/ISDN/T1 [or faster] only. So it depends on your needs - used is good in the proper place - but not all places are proper :-) Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message