Re: PM3's in analogland (fwd)

Richard W. Gross (richg@beachnet.com)
Wed, 18 Sep 1996 12:56:22 -0700 (PDT)

> >Whether the PM3 has a Livingston version of the same protocol is of
> >no help, because I must support my current Ascend customers.
>
> *sigh* Ascends do not require MP+ support on the other end to do bandwith
> on demand, it is only required for some of the more advanced aspects that
> are particular to Ascends. They can still do bandwith on demand without
> the other end doing MP+ - which is how they work with every other box.
> People are doing bandwith on demand *today* from Ascend boxes to the 5BRI
> cards in PM-2 chassis.
>

This is the key, at least for me. A P50 can connect to a 5BRI in the
PM-2, and bring up/down the second channel as needed, dynamically,
without manually bringing up the channel?

Meaning, the P50 router can grap the 2nd channel as necessary, use it,
drop it, bring it up again, all based on the customer's demand for
bandwidth?

If that's the case, then I've got... more decisions to make...

Thank you for your help.
richg
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