[126319] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Dial Concentrators - TNT / APX8000 R.I.P.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gregory J. Boehnlein)
Tue May 11 12:33:35 2010
From: "Gregory J. Boehnlein" <damin@nacs.net>
To: "'Mark Foster'" <blakjak@blakjak.net>,
"'Bill Fehring'" <lists@billfehring.com>
In-Reply-To: <91db8ec9557dc4ac9020d56cf1e719e9.squirrel@webmail.blakjak.net>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 12:32:56 -0400
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
When I sold my business in January, we still had 4 PRI circuits that were
providing Dial-Up access using Livingston Portmaster 3's. I bet those things
will run for another 5 years! :)
Dial Up still has a place in many areas where Broadband cannot
cost-effectively reach. Better to have Dial Up than nothing at all.