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Re: Cisco as Big Brother (Was Re: Cisco's AIP vs HSSI)
From: Jon Green <jon () worf netins net>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 07:46:59 -0500
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. -JonAnd 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 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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- Re: Cisco as Big Brother (Was Re: Cisco's AIP vs HSSI) Jon Green (Oct 16)
- Re: Cisco as Big Brother (Was Re: Cisco's AIP vs HSSI) alex (Oct 16)
- Re: Cisco as Big Brother (Was Re: Cisco's AIP vs HSSI) Jon Green (Oct 16)
- Re: Cisco as Big Brother (Was Re: Cisco's AIP vs HSSI) Randolph C. Nicklas (Oct 16)
- GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother)) Nathan Stratton (Oct 16)
- Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother)) Dima Volodin (Oct 16)
- Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother)) Nathan Stratton (Oct 16)
- Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother)) Srinivasarao Mulugu (Oct 16)
- Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother)) Randolph C. Nicklas (Oct 16)
- Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother)) Jeremy Porter (Oct 17)
- Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother)) Dima Volodin (Oct 18)
- Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother)) Neil J. McRae (Oct 18)
- Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother)) JDF (Oct 18)
- Re: Cisco's AIP vs HSSI Tony Li (Oct 15)
- Re: Cisco's AIP vs HSSI Kent W. England (Oct 15)