>> Redback deal enables Westell customers to stack multiple Dslams in a CO and provides are more efficient and lower cost per line. <<
Positive - They can stack several Westell DSLAMs in a CO.
Negative - They can mix and match low cost DSLAMs in the CO... (ex) Alcatel, CSCO, Diamond, Westell etc.
It seems the SMS-1000 features are in direct conflict with the new Westell DSLAM solution.
...Westell's DSLAM is the only product available today that allows the end-user to select their service provider. Prior to the introduction of the SuperVision DSLAM, only single service provider solutions were available to subscribers. This has been a significant limiting factor in all telecommunications service provider deployments, as users want to connect to the corporate Local Area Network (LAN) during the day and their Internet Service Provider (ISP) at night ....
westell.com
This is one of the many features of the SMS-1000. Maybe I'm looking at this wrong, but something isn't adding up.
>> The industry is moving in this direction. <<
Good news for Redback... not sure of the advantages for Westell.
PETALUMA, Calif., April 21, 1998 -- To enable Internet Service Providers to quickly and easily scale up to meet growing customer demand for high speed access services, Diamond Lane Communications, a technology leader in xDSL data access systems, announced today it will resell the RedBack SMS 1000 - an intelligent networking, subscriber management device - as part of its SpeedlinkT system's end-to-end solution...
redbacknetworks.com
>> Las Vegas should be interesting westell will be demonstrating DMT equipment. Also first show with their DMT/CAP DSLAM. <<
This will be good news!! Will the DMTcards have MOT or TI chips?
Are the CAP chips ready for the BEL deployment?... until later. |
