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Jon, Are you aware of the 16-slot Ascend/NetStar GigaRouter? I am not sure if this router supports HSSI/Ethernet yet. Randy >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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Randolph C. Nicklas MCI Telecommunications vBNS Engineering 2100 Reston Parkway Phone: 703.715.7099 Reston, VA 22091 Fax: 703.715.7066 Pager: 1-800-SKY-8888 PIN 902418 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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