Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 14:46:18 +0100 (BST) From: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk> To: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> Cc: "Daniel C. Fifield" <danf@JadeTech.com>, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: T1 upgrade options? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970709143950.4426C-100000@dylan.visint.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970709090300.23070U-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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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/
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