Being a long time user of the TC1000 I am sure that you are aware that the majority of the commwork ports installed are located in most of the largest CLEC and ISP across the country. For instance AOL, MCI & Ameritech. I personally would love to know the comparison in ports installed between the 2. Cisco and Commworks. No one is debating that Cisco is everywhere. But to think your 1000-5k ports installed is much, you're mistaken. AOL alone just upgraded and deinstalled over 35k ports. Add the other 2 companies I mentioned and I am sure combined they are over 200K installed ports. Then, to be honest, you don't have a good understanding of what routing and access serving is. An Access Server *is* a router, no two ways about it. An Access Server has to do everything that a router does, and then some. To be a good Access Server, a device has to first be a good router. Also, Cisco is a router company...but they're also an Access Server company. The AS5350, AS5400, and AS5850 are everything that the TC1000 is and more. **** Point taken but...the hiper arc is not inteneded to be a backbone type router. you have to agree with that :) And if you dont you might be the one that doesnt have a firm grip of routing or the hardware that does it.
So what do we do from here?
I hope I have not come across as taking your head off...its certainly not my intent. I hope, however, that you realize the futility of what you're trying to do. I've been around here for many many years at this point, making the same points over and over, and they have never been listened to. There comes a point where you quit beating your head against the wall. ****No worries. I appreciate your reply. Maybe we should start a non-profit org that would lets us all stand together in a professional matter and address these problems as a group. Rather than a bunch of bitching business men. I;ll spear head the organization if you guys stand behind me.