I can't stand marketing drivel (no, voip is not the next big thing) and no, we will not have DSL in our area.. nor will 80% of the US. Not saying that they should not provide services for those markets.. but core product is core product. No, I can't order 10 chassis at a whack, but I do see a definate lack of concern for dial up ISP's. Topped off with crappy support, high per port cost, lack of fixes for code that is broke, and a definate move away from small/med dial up ISP's... 3Com is for all intensive purposes ending it's support for small/med ISP's... IMHO Paul Farber Farber Technology farber@admin.f-tech.net Ph 570-628-5303 Fax 570-628-5545
We attended one of 3Com's events describing their new strategies. We came away with the definite impression that the TC product line is very successful (read: profitable) and 3Com has no intention of EOLing or selling the TC line.
We also came away with the impression that there is a definite push to market/service the top 25% of the installed TC base. If you don't fit that demographic (none of our customers do!), then you can expect "service" and "improvements" as you receive it now...
Note these are our impressions, not the 3Com party line...
FWIW
Marty
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marty Elliott MARS, Inc. 2105 S. 48th St. Suite 104 Tempe, AZ 85282 602-426-8272 602-454-0770 fax Have you heard of the TCU Exchange???? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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