On Wed, 16 Oct 96 16:01:56 +0400, alex@relcom.eu.net writes:
As for competition, keep an eye on Bay. They are putting some serious effort into Internet development. The hardware is already there, and has been there for a long time. The software is getting there very quickly, especially with companies like mine and ANS working with them. I have a feeling Cisco will always be in the lead, but they may not have such a comfortable lead for much longer. Which is a Good Thing, since competition fuels development.
-Jon And what do you think about Ascend's effort to get big piece of this market via their new back-bone router?
I took a look at the Ascend GRF (which stands for "Goes Real Fast"). I was impressed with the performance of it, but not with the size. It's too small. With only 4 slots, it can have 8 HSSI ports, 8 ATM OC-3 ports, or 4 OC-12 ports. I don't think that's large enough for most of the big providers. It also has no V.35 ports, which are important for some of us that are doing a mixture of high-speed links and slower T1. The number of packets this thing can push through it is impressive, though. -Jon ----------------------------------------------------------------- * Jon Green * Wide-Area Networking Technician * * jon@netINS.net * Iowa Network Services, Inc. * * Finger for Geek Code/PGP * 312 8th Street, Suite 730 * * #include "std_disclaimer.h" * Des Moines, IA 50309 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------