Re: Rumor...

David Davies (David@buckeyeweb.com)
Mon, 21 Apr 1997 09:44:49 -0400


> I've heard a rumor that Monday Ascend will announce a 'PM-3 killer' -
> possibly the MAX 4048 - which is a 2 PRI unit with 48 modems for about
the
> same price.
Not sure if it was the same product but they called us last Thursday
screaming about something that smells like this.
They had been pretty proud about the hot swappable modem capability. Seems
they had been told that to go to 56K we would have to swap out the PM3
also. Matter of fact that was his opening pitch. I did ask about Frame
and they didn't know.

Who knows,

> I'd love to see any info you may receive - like if this is true does it
> include Frame Relay and all of the other things the PM-3 does standard
that
> are currently options on the MAX line.
>
> I also wonder if it will include working OSPF... ;-)
>
> -MZ
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