>Once upon a time James Laszko shaped the electrons to say...
>>I beg to differ MZ.... For people who already have an existing capital
>>investment in legacy "analog" equipment, purchasing something like a Compaq
>>4000 modem chassis with T1/56K capabilities is a lot more cost effective...
>
>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.
Actually, I think the PM3 would be even cheaper than the above solution.
I would really like to know where these $10,000.00 Portmasters are. You
can usually buy a new one under the First Time Buyers program for around
$6k
>
>If you absolutely cannot afford a PM-3, fine. But keep in mind lifetime
>costs, and corners you will be backing yourself into. M$ 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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