>Once upon a time Jason Nealis shaped the electrons to say... >>it was one of the most impressive boxes I have laid my eyes on, but then >>1 week after the Ascend buy-out of cascade the cascade NAS's where >>terminated. Bah.. I think there is just too much of a installed base of >>Ascend gear for lucent to just discontinue, Even though the PM4 may >>be superior, the installed base of Ascend gear will over shadow that. > >The installed base of PortMaster's isn't exactly negligible - the installed >base of Cascade access gear was. > >And keep in mind that the TNT is being replaced by the TNT II anyway. And >by all reports it is NOT HW compatible with the old units. THey could >easily continue to produce the TNT for current customers, but why bring out >a TNT II when the PM-4 is out? It would be easier to add any desired >features to the PM-4 and consolidate on the existing platform. > >I think the real question would be MAX6000 and PM-3. I'd rather think the >PM-3 would replace the MAX4000 family, while the MAX6000 might continue. >That could stop development of a higher density PM-3+ unit. Argh !! TNT to be replaced by the TNT II ?? Do we have any information on the TNT II (proposed) ?? ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg19689.html">Re: (ASCEND) Restricting/allowing access to IP addresesses for each user</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg19688.html">Re: (ASCEND) Radius time stamping</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg19683.html">RE: (ASCEND) Lucent -=-> Ascend --> ? (fwd)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg19678.html">RE: (ASCEND) Lucent -=-> Ascend --> ? (fwd)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#19671"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd585.html#19671"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>