Re: USR Lowers Pricing (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Fri, 4 Apr 1997 01:43:18 -0800 (PST)

Once upon a time Richard Yoo shaped the electrons to say...
>I was under the impression that Livingston didn't want this sort of density
>in *one* box... I think the general consensus was that it would be too
>risky in case the box went dead... (230 ports going down at once would

There are definitely customers looking for a megaPOP box - channelized
T3 is 672 ports.

But that kind of box is to a PM-3 what a PM-3 is to an OR. Big difference.

Most ISPs don't have the need, or the budget, for a box like that.

-MZ

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