Re: (PM) PM4

Rick Smith (rsmith@nac.net)
Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:50:17 -0400 (EDT)

modem pooling as in, buying modems, wasting them on isdn calls
which don't utilize them. what happens when your pm4 becomes
mostly loaded with isdn ? Don't laugh... we've seen it happen
with pm3's

On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Marty Likier wrote:

> At 08:09 PM 6/17/98 -0400, Rick Smith wrote:
> >
> >I still haven't made up my mind whether the pm4 is a good box or not.
> >IMO, I'd rather buy PM3's, since the PM4 doesn't allow modem pooling.
>
> The PM4 is a great box, but it may not be the best box for your
> application. I'm not sre I follow your comment about the PM4 not modem
> pooling. The PM4 shares 98 DSPs across 4 T1s (or across 3 E1s). In concept
> its very similar to integrating 2 PM3s on each PM4 card. As far as
> multi-chassis PPP is concerned, PPP connections can span across multiple
> T1s, cards, or chassis's.
> --
> Marty Likier
> Marketing Product Mgr.
> Lucent Technologies RABU
> mlikier@lucent.com
>

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