---- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/~karl | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex modem support is now available Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| 56kbps DIGITAL ISDN DOV on analog lines! Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | 2 FULL DS-3 Internet links; 400Mbps B/W InternalOn Mon, Aug 18, 1997 at 08:26:08PM -0500, Tim Flavin wrote: > On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Stephen Fisher wrote: > > > > > Yeah, I'm sick of running around with fixes around the corner. With these > > new cards not fixing the problems where do we have to go? > > > > Another vendor. > > > > Hey, we're thinking about getting a second PM3................ > > > > So buy it, or not, but don't make threats! I get so sick of seeing owner > after owner just whine about these units. > > What do you really have to deal with??? Spegetti factory with 2e's? More > broken than working features with a MAX40xx? > > I went with Livingston 2 1/2 years ago, living through the 0.0.0.0 bug > which was way worse than anything I've seen here lately. > > If you want a digital solution, the PM3 is the best game in town IMHO, but > there are other games that cost more and do less. Buy the second unit, > learn the fixes, or walk away now. > > I'm happy enough with the PM3 that I placed my order for units 9, 10, & 11 > last week (Well, 11 is the freebie), and will get 2 more naked PM3's so I > can eat the rest of my MAX4004 lease and leave it on a shelf to collect > dust til the lease is up. But at least the PM3 has *working* OSPF to use. > > > Maybe my experiences with the new cards (which have yet to arrive-i'm > > #281) will be different (lets hope). > > > > On Tue, 19 Aug 1997, Chris Comley wrote: > > > > > Well, at least I'm relieved to realise we're not the only people > > > having problems. > > > > > > C'mon, Livingston, let's get this sorted or I'll have to re-install > > > my Shiva LanRover Access Switch and I've just deleted all the support > > > software off my server! At least though my customers were mildly > > > irritated to be stuck at 28k, they could all get on and *stay* on > > > until they were bored! > > > > > > > We are using 2 PRI lines connected to a DMS-100. PM3 w/ Lucent cards, ComOS > > > > 3.7, and a STAC Card. > > > > > > > > 1. Random disconnects with customers that NEVER had problems before! MANY > > > > different brands of 28.8k-56k modems including: Zoom 33.6k, USR Sportsters, > > > > TI 33.6k. I am receiving several different disconnect clauses from the PM3. > > > > They are: > > > > > > > > "User Request" (Which they clearly didn't) > > > > "Lost Carrier" > > > > "8" (What is this?) > > > > > > > > 2. 14.4k compatibility issues: > > > Chris Comley > > > Wizards Limited. |Astra Internet plc > > > Networking, Storage, |Internet services, > > > and Wide Area Networking |dial up, ISDN, leased line, etc > > > 01494 837515 | > > > > > > > ============================================================== > Tim Flavin Internet Access for St Louis & Chicago > Internet 1st, Inc Toll Free Sales & Support 800-875-3173 > http://www.i1.net For more information email info@i1.net > ============================================================== > >