Re: Rumor... (fwd)

Sherwood Pekelo (spekelo@iav.com)
Tue, 22 Apr 1997 05:58:13 -1000 (HST)

On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, MegaZone wrote:

> Once upon a time Sherwood Pekelo shaped the electrons to say...
> >'...48 or 60 concurrent access channels that may be comprised of V.34 or
> >56 Kbps analog, 56/64 Kbps Frame Relay, or ISDN BRI.'
>
> I wonder if they meant B channels and not 'BRI'? Or can these take the
> S/T BRI cards? But if so, then you are limited to fewer channels if you
> want to hit modems with them. And the PRI ports are superfluous...
>
> >How will the sales rep explain that PRI can't do 48 lines/channels?
>
> Well, 2 PRI.

actually I meant that you shouldn't be able to do 48 channels on 2 pri ...
need at least on D channel... at least I hope so..

> >Another question on my mind, is their Series56 already with working
> >K56Flex code?
>
> I think they've just started shipping their cards. Not sure if the 56K
> code is with this HW though. But they are FLASH upgradable from what I have
> seen.

8) but they sure are marketing it like it works already...

> >Ascend's industry-leading support of Remote Authentication Dial-In
> >Services (RADIUS) is standard with every MAX 4048 and 4060, greatly
> >
> >Hey MZ, what is with the copyright fair-use etc on RADIUS, don't they need
> >to credit Livingston with the RADIUS name? Love it when a competitor
>
> RADIUS is a trademark of Livingston, they *SHOULD* have a 'TM' on that and
> a note on the page that the trademark is ours, technically.
>
> It isn't a registered trademark yet, that is still pending. (Takes a while.)

*sigh* gov't hehe

--
Aloha,

Sherwood