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To: Techplayer who wrote (12891)	8/22/1999 3:10:00 PM
From: pat mudge	Respond to of 18016

Why dump a best of breed product for an overpriced, underfeatured box that takes twice the space? Btw, you mentioned a while back that you were impressed by the "size" of NN's switch. Do you realize that space is not a commodity with the carriers? Hey, if it worked, they probably would. But, seriously, what makes you say NN's products take twice the space and are overpriced? Not so long ago Ascend announced they had a second box, the GX 250, to add to the first. Now I could be wrong, but this appears to require twice the floor space as NN's multi-service 36170. ascend.com I don't know about price, but I would imagine there are many factors involved. The sum total is referred to in the industry as Total Cost of Ownership. I don't imagine that's a topic Lucent wants to discuss right now. Pat

To: Techplayer who wrote (12891)	8/22/1999 3:54:00 PM
From: Tunica Albuginea	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18016

briand , " Ascend's ATM box appears weaker and bigger than NN's " ie It appers that NN is eating LUs WANcoreATM breakfast, lunch and dinner. Get some rest this weekend so you can continue your thread hopping next week trying to bail out. The loosing team : LU & WCOM BTW when is INS team coming to take over the fast talking, pull the wool over your eyes routine? TA -------------------------- ASCEND lucent.com Physical Dimensions 19" x 37" x 23" (42.26cm x 93.98cm x 58.42cm) Capacity 25 Gbit ============================= NEWBRIDGE newbridge.com Dimensions (Height/Width/Depth) Single rack configuraton - 213.4/220 x 90 x 60 cm - 84/86.5 x 35.5 x 23.6 in. Multiple rack configuration - 213.4/220 x 88 x 60 cm - 84/86.5 x 34.6 x 23.6 in. Capacity and Performance Multiprocessor platform scalable to 2.5 million BHCA Total throughput scales to 160 Gbit/s in 5 Gbit/s increments Architecture scales to 1 terabit/s (1,000 Gbit/s) and beyond Maximum of 2,000,000 VPCs and VCCs per switch Large data buffering (224 k cells input and 224 k cells output buffer per 2.4 Gbit/s traffic) Another way of looking at it, is if you put 6 Ascend switches side by sid e, you will equal one of NNs. ( Does LU tell that to their customers? <VBG> Qualifier: If there are any errors in the above please feel free to correct it : - ))