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RE: (ASCEND) The comparison of 4048 to PM3

If you are an ISP call your Ascend telebusiness rep and they can fax you Ascend's Response to the Livingston Testing.
I asked them about it and they faxed a 4 page document to me.

Tom Wagoner
System Administrator
WaveOne Communications, LLC
pcmentor@waveone.net

On Monday, February 23, 1998 10:40 AM, Jim Logan [SMTP:jim@top.net] wrote:
> At 10:47 PM 2/22/98 -0800, you wrote:
> >I was kinda curious why no one has really made a comment on the 
> >comparison of the 4048 to the PM3. If those numbers are right why would 
> >anyone buy a 4048? If the numbers aren't right why isn't ascend doing 
> >anything about it? I am a happy ascend customer but, this is the first 
> >I've seen of numbers like the comparison charts. Those charts only show 
> >23 channels going, how about 48? I am just getting ready to buy 2 more 
> >4048's should I be looking at PM3's instead. Any insight on this would be 
> >greatful. I would really like ascend to tell us all something like the 
> >tests were not done right on something.
> 
>  Having not yet visited the "Test Site" reference, I also was amazed of the
> Dif.  I think since the tests do refer to how it handles a PRI Circuit (24
> channels or more typical 23 and 1 D), I would assume the same would be the
> results for "each" PRI, so the 2nd PRI would preform - throughput wise -
> the same as the 1st PRI.  I will still be getting by the Test Site here
> sooner or later to check out the details, but would also liek to know what
> Ascend Corp/Sales/Tech have to comment on the test results and/or if they
> have had a similar testing done by themselves.  Considering that you would
> have 23 users, at least connected at up to 53.6K Max speed, it would appear
> to me that 100,000K Bps is a serious limitation, yet none of my users are
> complaining that I've heard of and I routinely have our 4048 maxed out with
> 47 Users on at the higher speeds on the two PRI's on the unit.
> 
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