[126300] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dial Concentrators - TNT / APX8000 R.I.P.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Curtis Maurand)
Tue May 11 08:43:42 2010
Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 08:42:08 -0400
From: Curtis Maurand <cmaurand@xyonet.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <91db8ec9557dc4ac9020d56cf1e719e9.squirrel@webmail.blakjak.net>
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On 5/10/2010 6:36 PM, Mark Foster wrote:
> Does this not highlight a wider issue?
>
> I realise that dialup is hardly 'cutting edge' but there are providers out
> there with a significant number of dialup customers still on the books.
> Surely there's still a market for (what should be by now) a
> straightforward, well known piece of kit?
>
> In parts of the world where broadband is not ubiquitous and dialup remains
> useful as a Plan-B or is simply the only choice (for whatever reason),
> what are the practical choices now?
>
> Whilst folks may not be fielding 'new' dialup kit, I dare say that we're
> going to be continuing to see dialup customers on the books for the next 5
> years, perhaps a lot longer? That's a whole product lifespan...
>
>
How about an Aastra CVX shelf? We used one at an ISP I used to work for
in Maine. It worked well. Dial-up was considered the cash cow then.
--C
