Re: (ASCEND) MAX TNT Disconnects vs the MAX 6000 (fwd)

[MegaZone <megazone@megazone.org>]

Once upon a time Andy Walden shaped the electrons to say...
>Awe, come on, who is it? Who else is there thats VERY big into Ascend
>dialup except the borg? The density between a 6000 and a multishelf TNT is
>so far apart I would put the above fact under scrutinization.

I don't know who he was referring to - but BBN/GTEI used MAX4000s, and now
MAX6000s.  It was decided not to use the MAX TNT.  GTEI has ~700 POPs in the
US, with a *minimum* of 10 MAX 4000/6000 chassis (and I don't believe any
are actually that small).  The goal is 1000 POPs by year end.

Since I'm not in the DiaLinx group (I work for GTEI) I don't know the
exact reasons why the TNT was decided against.

-MZ
-- 
<URL:mailto:megazone@megazone.org> Gweep, Discordian, Author, Engineer, me..
Join ISP/C Internet Service Providers' Consortium <URL:http://www.ispc.org/>
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 781-788-0130
<URL:http://www.megazone.org/>  <URL:http://www.gweep.net/>  Hail Discordia!
++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++
To unsubscribe:	send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com
To get FAQ'd:	<http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq>