4/29/98 TeleChoice article. Dakota Services Deploys Ascend DSLTNT
Excerpt: "TeleChoice interprets Ascend as taking an aggressive position in
the DSL market's early stages by inventing "creative marketing
deals" to win business and obtain early market share."
telechoice.com
April 29, 1998 -- Ascend Communications, Inc. announced a
large-scale deployment of its DSLTNT Access Multiplexer
solution by Dakota Services, Ltd., a national telephone company
specializing in data communications.
To offer multiple high-speed data services to businesses across
its region, Dakota Services will deploy nearly two hundred
DSLTNTs, an integrated multi-service xDSL concentrator for
the telephone company's central office.
Ascend's DSLTNT enables Dakota Services to include
complete end-to-end quality of service (QoS) and management
capabilities, along with high-speed data services. Dakota
Services is one of the first network service providers to deploy
DSL technology in the Midwest including Wisconsin, Illinois,
Michigan, Minnesota, Indiana, and Ohio.
Dakota Services will offer multiple high-speed data services to
enterprises that want to advance connectivity speeds to their
Internet backbone and to their intranet wide area network.
Ascend's DSLTNT enables Dakota to deliver multiple xDSL
services, including IDSL, SDSL, RADSL-CAP and
RADSL-DMT, on a single platform at speeds from 128 Kbps to
7.0 Mbps on a single pair of local loop from Ameritech. Dakota
Services will first deploy SDSL services to customers for a
monthly recurring fee ranging from $249 to $399, depending on
service levels.
The DSLTNT has the ability to operate as a Layer 2 multiplexer
and is certified NEBS-compliant Level 3, which means it
conforms to the requirements for central office operation in
global carrier networks. The high-density DSLTNT can support
up to 1,344 IDSL ports, 1,440 SDSL ports, or 540 RADSL
ports in a single seven-foot telco rack.
Dakota Services is currently a member of the Paradyne
partnership program yet chose Ascend for its wide-scale DSL
deployment. Ted Lasser, Dakota's CEO, informed TeleChoice
that Paradyne is not "out the door" by any means. Its strengths
and capabilities lie in multi-tenant, campus environments and that
Ascend displayed its "entrepreneurship" in making Dakota's DSL
marketing strategy a financial reality. Lasser concluded by saying
that they are still deploying (and plan to deploy) the MVL in
areas where it is the best solution.
TeleChoice interprets Ascend as taking an aggressive position in
the DSL market's early stages by inventing "creative marketing
deals" to win business and obtain early market share.
Vendor Web Sites
Ascend Communications, Inc.
Dakota Services Limited (DSL)
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