>Otay, I have a question about the PM3. It has 6 slots and can house up
to
>60 modems. Of course, you can only get a max of 48 modems in there fully
>utilized because of the fact that 2 chan. T1 lines gives your 48 dialins.
>
>So why all that extra capacity? Would you really need to have 12 extra
>modems in the chassis for getting stuck (if that ever happens) or if they
>go bad? This really seems like overkill.
Main reason seems to be that the PM3 is not targeted only to T1-centric
markets, such as the US (Japan also?), but to other markets, such as
Europe and Latin America, which are E1-based. E1 = 30 channels. The PM3
can take 2 T1/E1, so 2*30=60. Kind of fits nicely, doesn't it? :-)
If you are in a T1-area (US and Japan?), then 8 port cards will fill you
up. Otherwise, E1-users need those 10 port cards to get the 60 channels in
2 E1s.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Fernando
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