On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Bob Sales wrote: > - xdsl and GRF have not taken off the way Ascend thought (I have heard > mostly good things about the GRF though) Last time Ascend visited NZ - got a brief chance to talk to Jeff Wabick - as I understand it, the original designer of the GRF. He's a very smart guy - he's the only person in the industry so far I've talked to who is able to back up assertions like "our box is faster" based on demonstrably sound technical arguments. Nonetheless - Ascend came over pushing OC-3 et all - "you need to be planning for this now." Thing is, NZ is on the end of a very long, narrow piece of cable. Satillite technology is being hyped up here - but, there's presently no need to go screaming across town at 155Mb/s.... - -- Josh Bailey (<A HREF="mailto:joshb@xtra.co.nz">mailto:joshb@xtra.co.nz</A> - GroupWise <A HREF="mailto:j6bw@telecom.co.nz">mailto:j6bw@telecom.co.nz</A>) Internet Network Specialist Voice (DDI): +64-9-355-5923 Telecom Internet Services Voice (Mob): +64-25-514-899 Extension: 93423 (Lvl. 4, 120 Mayoral Dve) Fax: +64-9-355-5260 Private Bag 92028, Auckland, NZ Pager: +64-26-114-448 PGP public key available at <A HREF="http://www.pgp.net/pgpnet/pks-commands.html">http://www.pgp.net/pgpnet/pks-commands.html</A> DISCLAIMER: Viewer discretion is advised. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBNGOSHfle+GEe9W4hAQG/NwMAgkYtWFR+hTALz12oXdjbf5KrOhF6jdXl Hcgyan+3ml3VFaIbMnmK7ZgncT04bvM4/URdtrw7tyiQhFc8jagJ5d58nwN7uNMF RgDRRpQjL0QFbaXvktXqd6Y/mYLueHlP =+M63 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg10502.html">Re: (ASCEND) Ascend stock</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Bob Sales <bsales@mindspring.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10547.html">Re: (ASCEND) Problems configuring MAX 4004 for 56k</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10543.html">(ASCEND) Problems configuring MAX 4004 for 56k</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10502.html">Re: (ASCEND) Ascend stock</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10501.html">Re: (ASCEND) Ascend stock</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#10544"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd230.html#10544"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>