Good post Frank.. You look like a very knowledgeable guy
based on your past posts...
It's about time that Ascend starts partnering up...as
Cisco seems to be in the lead on that - with Bay a close second..
& then Ascend...So there is lots of opp. for Ascend re: the PR value next Mon..
Pretty neat info re: Act's capacity...
The first product, due in June, will be the SX-10, an entry-level gateway
that offers four T-1 connections, or 96 voice channels, according to
ACT officials in Camarillo, Calif.
From there, ACT will roll out a family of voice gateways based on an
eight-port T-1 card. The SX-40 will provide 32 T-1s or 768 ports. The
SX-120 puts 96 T-1s (2,304 ports) in a 19-inch rack. At the very high
end, ACT will roll out the SX-600, which can support 480 T-1 lines, or
11,520 channels, in a 7-foot telco rack.
These products are due in the next 12 months, with the SX-120 slated
for a fourth-quarter shipment. All of the products will cost about $350
per channel, which translates to about $33,000 for the entry-level
SX-10, officials said.
All of the products will also support "any service on any port at any
time." In other words, the ports will accept either voice or data traffic as
it comes in. Some hardware thus far has had to be pre-configured to
support either voice or data. |
