[25177] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: DACS vendor
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Cooper)
Thu Sep 23 10:47:45 1999
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 07:42:30 -0700
From: Dave Cooper <dcooper@gulp.org>
To: Peter Polasek <pete@cobra.brass.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu, Derrick Bishop <derrick@cobra.brass.com>,
Admin Staff <sysadm@cobra.brass.com>
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Depending on what kind of capacity you are talking
about, the industry standard for 1/0 DACS' is the
Alcatel. however, for the smaller/less volume,
i have heard that the newer StarDAX's are pretty
nice.
-dave
Peter Polasek wrote:
>
>
> We are considering using Digital Access Cross Connect units (DACS)
> to split T1 local loops into fractional T channels. Given that
> our current knowledge of DACS does not extend significantly beyond
> the ability to spell the acronym, I am soliciting advice from the
> network group for recommended hardware vendors. Cost is not an
> object, we are primarily concerned with choosing the 'industry
> standard' manufacturer with the highest reliability and knowledgeable
> technical support. Please share your experiences (positive or
> negative) with DACS equipment. In an effort to minimize traffic on
> the NANOG list, I request that responses be sent to my e-mail address
> and I will submit a summary when all the votes are in. The vendors
> under consideration now are Adtran, Eastern Research, StarDAX, and
> Fisher Price (we have some reservations about the latter product).
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Peter Polasek
> pete@brass.com
