We've been running a Tasman (now Nortel and overpriced) T3 to FE for 5 years now and it works great. Just purchased some RAD TDMoIP boxes and are fairly impressed with their products, but haven't tried their T3 box yet.
Also, have had Foundry in providing Gig-E metro services for almost 8 years and now upgrading to MLXs at our core. Very little trouble with Foundry but since we hang our routers off the side of utility poles they don't have any great answers for our distribution layer so starting to look for alternatives (although I really don't want to as we really do like our Foundry boxes). tlc Todd Christell Network Manager SpringNet www.springnet.net 417.831.8688 "...If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood, and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." --Antoine de Saint-Exupery Key fingerprint = 4F26 A0B4 5AAD 7FCA 48DD 7F40 A57E 9235 5202 D508 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jason J. W. Williams Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:53 AM To: foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net Subject: [SPAM tagged by PCNET] Re: [f-nsp] DS3s on an MLX/XMR. Importance: Low Hi Niels, > It'd be a bit of a waste, wouldn't it, with 40 Gbps per (half) slot? Not necessarily given the price-point of the MLX. > Yes - get a smaller box. Foundry has a line of CPE that may do what > you want; otherwise its competitors (Juniper, Cisco etc.) have several > routers that do so, and companies like RAD and MRV I guess make small > Ethernet-to-DS3 bridges. Actually, Foundry shot the AccessIron line and is all metro-ethernet at the CPE level now unfortunately. Also, the AccessIron didn't provide a solid BGP stack, or an upgrade path to an OC-3. Both of which are goals with replacing the 7-year old Cisco 7204 currently in place. We're also looking at Juniper as an option. The J6350 provides an interesting option before bumping to an M7i. We'd like to give Foundry a shot, and we like the active-active fail-over within a single chassis (we'll be purchasing two chassis). The Ethernet-to-DS3 bridge is a really interesting option. I really appreciate your input and advice. Thank you very much! Best Regards, Jason _______________________________________________ foundry-nsp mailing list foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/foundry-nsp No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.27/1020 - Release Date: 9/20/2007 12:07 PM
