> This is COMPLETE BULLSHIT.
The PM3s that I had were okay, but none of our old legacy customers could
connect into them. New modems are okay, but we've got a lot of customers
that haven't upgraded in two years and they were unable to connect. If it
hadn't been for that, we'd probably still have some PM3s. Since then,
we've bought another TNT and six MAX 4048s. No one at Livingston or
anywhere else was able to solve this problem. PM3s and Ascend Pipelines
don't really love each other either, and since we've got so many pipelines
out there, the PM3 was really a bad mistake for us to make.
For someone starting up a new ISP, or for someone who's migrating away
from modems on the wall, the PM3 vs. Ascend issue is one to consider, but
in my humble opinion, Ascend's still got the upper hand overall.
When I upgraded my MAX 4048s to K56flex modems, the majority of our
customers didn't know it until I told them. When I put the PM3s online,
our tech support desk lit up like a christmas tree.
The bottom line is, everyone has preferences and everyone has their own
experiences. Go with whatever you feel most comfortable with. I
personally don't think either product, PM3 or Ascend, is any better than
the other. Each one does the same job as well as the other, only the user
interface is different.
Regards,
Jason.
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o Digistar Microsystems / OnTheNet, LLC
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o http://www.digistar.com/~jsb/
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