On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Stephen Amadei wrote:
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, R Gamberg wrote:
Does anyone have any info on V.92 support in the TC line?
A little. At ISPCON, Source-Tech claimed it would be a free upgrade, requiring the TCS 4.xxx code. Quad-HiPer DSPs and HiPer DSPs will use it... Quad modems are SOL. That's about the extent.
That's funny, we just moved into a colo that has a GIANT AOL dialup. Lots of the ANS "BigDial" racks stacked to the gills with old chassis full of quads. Probably at least 30 racks of *quad only* TC hubs. Perhaps once AOL users start pushing for v.92, we'll see some movement on the quad code. Or maybe AOL is trying to decide between upgrading to DSPs or just moving to another platform, and this will help them decide. Mindspring's setup is amazing. Probably just as many lines (1 T3 for every 2 chassis, 6 chassis/rack) but far less space. They have a portmaster at the bottom of each rack with a console cable running into *every* dsp. Very neat setup.
I was amazed by the equipment 3Com brought to ISPCON. The TC2000 platform was incredible... supports like 52,000 lines max over a 6 chassis setup... too bad it won't do dial up for at least a year yet... Oh, and will cost as much as the space shuttle.
Cool to look at, but I regularly visit a number of colo centers with lots of dial equipment... Remember Lucent's big push on the PM-4 or whatever that gigantic expensive thing they had was?? I've yet to see one anywhere, but I see plenty of TCs, even more TNTs, and a smattering of that beige Nortel junk. Prediction...? 3Com sells 10 of them and their stock continues to sputter along on LAN card and switch sales. Charles
----Steve Stephen Amadei Dandy.net CTO Atlantic City, NJ
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