Hi Todd, What's model of Tasman are you running? Thank you in advance.
-J On 9/20/07, Todd Christell <tchristell at springnet.net> wrote: > 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: foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net > [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 > >
