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by t20476＠mailclub.net 18 Nov '01

18 Nov '01

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Re: [USR-TC] Re: (usr-tc) Getting Ready for V.92
by Ed Taylor 16 Nov '01

16 Nov '01

Tom, First off thanks for addressing me publicly. I would have preferred a letter privately and before now. However, since you did, let me say that we did meet the goals set forth and if we did not get it in time for your goals it wasn't our fault but our 'Source'. I look at this as a cop out honestly. We spent above and beyond and did what we could to help and what did we get? The silent treatment... Tom I think you are a great 'salesman' at heart... but man there is much more at stake here. A lot more money that ISP's have spent and supported 3com than a few words can heal. I am a salesman and I know that in sales you can talk an awesome line... But to make people really like you and your product you have to follow through with promises. Tom wrote: "As a direct result of some of Ed's comments and others on the list about a low or no cost NMC upgrade to get people hardware ready for v92 the NMC program was developed." Right and what has it solved? Can you send me the v.92 upgrade? What is the cost? Why do it via a support contract? How is this a good solution for me the ISP who has invested over a million in 3com equipment? (other suppliers like Cisco would love to have our current and future business) We need proof from 3com that we as ISP's are appreciated. Nothing less... -- Edgar D. Taylor President/CEO FIRST USA Inc. Voice: (800)716-6190 Email: ed(a)1st.net Web: www.1st.net -- -----Original Message----- From: usr-tc-admin(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:usr-tc-admin@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Thomas_Goodman(a)3com.com Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 1:13 PM To: Kirk Mitchell Cc: usr-tc(a)lists.xmission.com Subject: Re: [USR-TC] Re: (usr-tc) Getting Ready for V.92 To the USR-TC List on these topics: V92 release date HiPer ARC Flash Requirements for Marshall Morgan Why DSP in the NMC Bundle for Kirk Mitchell Why Ed Taylor never got Palm Pilots -------------------------------------------------------------- TCS 4.5 (v92) release date has been pushed out to solve some PCM Upstream issues from the Beta. I will confirm a date as soon as I can. Any push usually means 60 days. ___________________________________ HiPer ARC requirements: TCS 4.2 required 8MB Flash and 128MB DRAM TCS 4.3 requires 16MB Flash and 128MB DRAM TCS 4.5 (v92) is built off TCS 4.3 and its requirements. When upgrading code there is a feature that holds the previous code and new code in flash until 100% complete. The size of the code for the HiPer ARC adding both TCS 4.2 and TCS 4.3 together is larger than 8MB. So its all in the file size. What we are doing about it. Flash is soldered on the board which makes it difficult to upgrade. We are looking to see if the boards can be re-worked changing to the 16MB Flash and the logistics involved. We are also looking into changing the upload steps to allow new code to write over the older code thus allowing the 8MB to stay put. The danger in this is if there is a time out during the upload you end up with a bad card. ____________________________________ Kirk, Why require a HiPer DSP with the NMC bundle? To offset the list price of the NMC and the possible discounting I can get approved. Also if you looked at upgrading say 6 chassis with a list price NMC of $,4995 you are looking at spending just shy of $30K for what NMC's. If we wrap some ports around it you can take advantage of a different costing model and show your investors or people you borrow money from that it for growth. Its a choice: The list price of a NMC card is $4,995 and the list price of the a HiPer DSP is $12,000 for two in a bundle called the Double Play or doing the math that's $6,000 for one. This could make the $7,500 NMC bundle a $6,000 DSP and a $1500 HiPer NMC. Such a deal. There is also a $500 rebate for your old NMC making this a $1,000 NMC at list price. Call your reseller for your actual price. Note Are you a Power Play Member??? Power Play Members get a bigger rebate $2,100. http://www.commworks.com/Programs/Service_Provider/powerplayISP.asp ___________________________________ Why Ed Taylor never got Palm Pilots It seems that every e-mail from Ed to this list states that either I don't care or that he is due Palm Pilots. Let's start with the I don't care. Thank's to all the e-mails and kind words from the ISPs that know I do care and do whatever possible for them. As a direct result of some of Ed's comments and others on the list about a low or no cost NMC upgrade to get people hardware ready for v92 the NMC program was developed. As for the Palm Pilot Issue. A few years back 2 or 3, I went out to visit with Ed and his crew. I had my Sales Manager and Network Consultant with me. During the course of our conversations we asked Ed if he had the ability to repeat an order he placed at the beginning of that month of some 5 Double Plays. My Sales Manager started to cut a deal with Ed, buy an additional 5 Double Plays by the end of that month which was the end of our Quarter and he would send them 5 Palm Pilots. Ed did buy the 5 additional Double Plays but not until the following month. This did not meet our quarterly goals, help put us in a bonus situation or meet the criteria of the deal that my Sales Manager put in place. One of Ed's crew called me after placing the order past the cut off to see if we could still give them the Palm's anyway and I checked on it and was turned down. That message was relayed and asked and answer again later on that year. With that said I don't know of anything I can do to make this right with Ed. I do not have Palm's we sold that company off. He did not meet the requirements which should have been put in writing to avoid any questions but they we not. I will now put on my asbestos underwear and prepare to the flames. -------------------------------------------------------------- Kirk Mitchell <mitch(a)keyconn.net>@mailman.xmission.com on 11/14/2001 02:35:03 PM Sent by: usr-tc-admin(a)mailman.xmission.com To: usr-tc(a)lists.xmission.com cc: Subject: [USR-TC] Re: (usr-tc) Getting Ready for V.92 At 02:34 PM 11/12/01 -0600, Thomas_Goodman(a)3com.com wrote: > > >NMC Card Trade In >http://www.commworks.com/Programs/Promotional_Offers/TC1000_v.92_upgrad >epack/ Why the requirement to purchase a DSP in addition to the HiPer NMC? -- Kirk Mitchell-General Manager mitch(a)keyconn.net Keystone Connect Unlock Your World Altoona, PA 814-941-5000 http://www.keyconn.net _______________________________________________ USR-TC mailing list USR-TC(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usr-tc _______________________________________________ USR-TC mailing list USR-TC(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usr-tc

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Re: [USR-TC] Re: (usr-tc) Getting Ready for V.92
by Thomas_Goodman＠3com.com 16 Nov '01

16 Nov '01

To the USR-TC List on these topics: V92 release date HiPer ARC Flash Requirements for Marshall Morgan Why DSP in the NMC Bundle for Kirk Mitchell Why Ed Taylor never got Palm Pilots -------------------------------------------------------------- TCS 4.5 (v92) release date has been pushed out to solve some PCM Upstream issues from the Beta. I will confirm a date as soon as I can. Any push usually means 60 days. ___________________________________ HiPer ARC requirements: TCS 4.2 required 8MB Flash and 128MB DRAM TCS 4.3 requires 16MB Flash and 128MB DRAM TCS 4.5 (v92) is built off TCS 4.3 and its requirements. When upgrading code there is a feature that holds the previous code and new code in flash until 100% complete. The size of the code for the HiPer ARC adding both TCS 4.2 and TCS 4.3 together is larger than 8MB. So its all in the file size. What we are doing about it. Flash is soldered on the board which makes it difficult to upgrade. We are looking to see if the boards can be re-worked changing to the 16MB Flash and the logistics involved. We are also looking into changing the upload steps to allow new code to write over the older code thus allowing the 8MB to stay put. The danger in this is if there is a time out during the upload you end up with a bad card. ____________________________________ Kirk, Why require a HiPer DSP with the NMC bundle? To offset the list price of the NMC and the possible discounting I can get approved. Also if you looked at upgrading say 6 chassis with a list price NMC of $,4995 you are looking at spending just shy of $30K for what NMC's. If we wrap some ports around it you can take advantage of a different costing model and show your investors or people you borrow money from that it for growth. Its a choice: The list price of a NMC card is $4,995 and the list price of the a HiPer DSP is $12,000 for two in a bundle called the Double Play or doing the math that's $6,000 for one. This could make the $7,500 NMC bundle a $6,000 DSP and a $1500 HiPer NMC. Such a deal. There is also a $500 rebate for your old NMC making this a $1,000 NMC at list price. Call your reseller for your actual price. Note Are you a Power Play Member??? Power Play Members get a bigger rebate $2,100. http://www.commworks.com/Programs/Service_Provider/powerplayISP.asp ___________________________________ Why Ed Taylor never got Palm Pilots It seems that every e-mail from Ed to this list states that either I don't care or that he is due Palm Pilots. Let's start with the I don't care. Thank's to all the e-mails and kind words from the ISPs that know I do care and do whatever possible for them. As a direct result of some of Ed's comments and others on the list about a low or no cost NMC upgrade to get people hardware ready for v92 the NMC program was developed. As for the Palm Pilot Issue. A few years back 2 or 3, I went out to visit with Ed and his crew. I had my Sales Manager and Network Consultant with me. During the course of our conversations we asked Ed if he had the ability to repeat an order he placed at the beginning of that month of some 5 Double Plays. My Sales Manager started to cut a deal with Ed, buy an additional 5 Double Plays by the end of that month which was the end of our Quarter and he would send them 5 Palm Pilots. Ed did buy the 5 additional Double Plays but not until the following month. This did not meet our quarterly goals, help put us in a bonus situation or meet the criteria of the deal that my Sales Manager put in place. One of Ed's crew called me after placing the order past the cut off to see if we could still give them the Palm's anyway and I checked on it and was turned down. That message was relayed and asked and answer again later on that year. With that said I don't know of anything I can do to make this right with Ed. I do not have Palm's we sold that company off. He did not meet the requirements which should have been put in writing to avoid any questions but they we not. I will now put on my asbestos underwear and prepare to the flames. -------------------------------------------------------------- Kirk Mitchell <mitch(a)keyconn.net>@mailman.xmission.com on 11/14/2001 02:35:03 PM Sent by: usr-tc-admin(a)mailman.xmission.com To: usr-tc(a)lists.xmission.com cc: Subject: [USR-TC] Re: (usr-tc) Getting Ready for V.92 At 02:34 PM 11/12/01 -0600, Thomas_Goodman(a)3com.com wrote: > > >NMC Card Trade In >http://www.commworks.com/Programs/Promotional_Offers/TC1000_v.92_upgradepac… Why the requirement to purchase a DSP in addition to the HiPer NMC? -- Kirk Mitchell-General Manager mitch(a)keyconn.net Keystone Connect Unlock Your World Altoona, PA 814-941-5000 http://www.keyconn.net _______________________________________________ USR-TC mailing list USR-TC(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usr-tc

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The market got you down??? 3681
by i29137＠unicum.de 16 Nov '01

16 Nov '01

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LNC/LNS atuh
by Jeff Lynch 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

We've got some older hiperarcs (4.2.?) that will need to establish a tunnel to another hiperarc (5.0.9) acting as LNS. We've got everything working but since this is a short term workaround for a POP move we need to be absolutely transparent to the end user. Here's the trouble: 1) No L2TP, get packet size errors (harc software version mismatch?) 2) Switched to PPTP, gets around the first problem, good throughput 3) Either way seems to require double authentication. We allow scripted or PAP logins but the LNS (AFAICT) seems to require another auth via PAP. There could be affected users not using PAP,trashing our user transparency. Can we option the LNS to allow scripted logins or use another trick like using the Tunnel-Password attribute perhaps in place of the second PAP auth step? TIA, --jeff ============================================================================ Jeffrey A. Lynch | JORSM Internet, Regional Internet Services email: jeff(a)jorsm.com | 7 Area Codes in Chicagoland and NW Indiana Voice: (219)322-2180 | 100Mbps+ Connectivity, 56K-DS3, V.90, ISDN Autoresponse: info(a)jorsm.com | Quality Service, Affordable Prices http://www.jorsm.com | Serving Gov, Biz, Residential Since 1995

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Can any Idenify this TC part number
by Craig 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

Hello usr-tc, 69-002469-01 I want to buy this card it is suppose to be a MNC v.90 enabled but the part # doesn't match any of the MNC i have, so I just trying to confirm if this is a standard MNC..Nothing of another color!! -- Thanks, Craig mailto:Craig@tavrida.net

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V.90 NMC's
by Timothy C. Bohen 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

I have a bunch of 486 NMC's w/V.90 activated. Anyone want to make an offer on 1 or more? Thanks Timothy C. Bohen CMSInter.Net / Crystal MicroSystems =================================== web : www.cmsinter.net email : Tim(a)CMSInter.Net phone : 989.235.5100 x222

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Dialup at 256k?
by John Scrivner 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

Is it true that dialup lines will support 256k speeds without ISDN or DSL in the future? I have doubts about it. I guess I should not repeat rumors when I do not have any way of proving what I say. I do not even know of any technology that could do this in any way. I guess I should think a little before I type an email message. Rumors can be really bad things and probably should not be repeated. Has anyone been telling you any rumors lately? Have you been telling rumors that maybe were not substantiated? Maybe you should consider the Source before you believe what you hear. Sometimes the Source could seem as powerful as General Patton. Always consider that the Source could be wrong. My belief is that even Patton could have been brought down if there were rumors being spread about him by a Source that had only their interests in mind. We will all surely succeed just like Patton if we do not listen to, or worse yet, repeat rumors that may have no grounds. John Scrivner

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Changes to the USR-TC list
by Pete Ashdown 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

All of you received a message today resubscribing you to the USR-TC mailing list. This is due to the fact that I changed the list management software from Majordomo to Mailman. Mailman is much easier for everyone to use, you can customize your list settings easily from a web browser. In addition, it has many nice features to help me as a list manager deal with dead email addresses and existing subscriber changes. If you were formerly subscribed to the usr-tc-digest list, you will need to change your list settings to "digest"! Otherwise, you will be receiving emails as they are sent to the list. I would encourage everyone to peruse their settings. The welcome message you received will have specific information on how to do this. I would also suggest you chaneg your list password to something else. The password that was assigned to you was random, but it is always a good idea to change new passwords to something only you know. Thanks everyone, and enjoy the list! Pete

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(usr-tc) netserver firmware
by Scott Kupferschmidt 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

hi. does anyone have the newest netserver firmware available to send me? one of our modem pools just seems to be going balistic lately. this morning it was returning framing errors. also, we have a few quad modem cards that are bad / not v.90 compatible - does anyone have a few for sale? Scott - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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