The Compaw costs thousands of dollars itself. For that you get:
-NO MP
-NO MCPPP
-NO BACP (after all, no MP)
-NO DNIS INFO IN RADIUS
-NO INTEGRATED MODEM MANAGEMENT
-LESSER SNMP SUPPORT (modem modules, etc)
-An async loop with associated support issues and bottleneck
-Larger unit - more power and heat
You come close to paying the cost of a PM-3, prices I've seen on a full rack
are around $7K. For that you keep the headaches of an async, non-integrated
setup, and miss out on features which are growing in demand, like MP.
If you absolutely cannot afford a PM-3, fine. But keep in mind lifetime
costs, and corners you will be backing yourself into. M$ is pushing MP in
Win98 - you will simply not be able to support that with your setup on a
PM-2. Period. Don't over-simplify things, it isn't good to ignore futures.
The PM-3 also holds up a lot better under load - more RAM, more CPU, never
design.
-MZ
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