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To: Ron Masson who wrote (25150)	12/2/1997 4:04:00 PM
From: sepku	Respond to of 61433

>>>The only reason that I rattle off all of these facts are that port densities and rack space are BIG issues for ISPs and Telcos. The higher the port densities and the smaller the rack space the better. Needless to say there are plenty of other issues involved in a RAC purchase(e.g. price (cost per port), ease of configuration/management, relationships, cost of changing vendors, installed base, heat output, etc.)<<< Thanks Ron, for the technical comparison specs on the MAX TNT, TCH, and AS5300. However, despite whether new product offerrings from COMS and CSCO now provide more density within the same shelf space as ASND's TNT, you never mentioned the highly important factor of price. I am curious how the products compare on density/performance/price. Witness the last week in Sept, when UUNET announced it would integrate 170,000 digital modem ports based on the MAX TNT platform. UUNET must have considered all choices and those 3 factors. I haven't read all the new messages yet, so I don't know if this has been addressed yet, but I found out exactly what Jeff's ASND product guide is referring to in his following statement: >>>I'm looking at my official Ascend product guide. It says: 2,016 concurrent modem sessions or 4,032 ISDN or 56/64 Frame relay connections. 150 T1/FT1/E1/FE1 frame relay connections per system. Highest density, lowest cost-per port in the industry.<<< His product guide is referring to the new MAX TNT product upgrade coming in Q1/98, that will have triple the port capacity of the current TNT (672 x 3 = 2,016). And Elroy, thanks for your technical information as well. Style Pts.