Re: OR/U's versus Pipeline 75

Kevin Smith (kevin@ascend.com)
Tue, 20 May 1997 12:50:01 -0700

At 03:26 PM 5/20/97 -0300, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
>
>At 12:53 PM 5/20/97 -0500, Jake Messinger wrote:
>> OR/U P75
>>stac compression n y
>Why would you want compression? Why give a customer more than they deserve?

Well it's in the works, so I guess Livingston thinks its a good thing... ;)

MZ even has it _now_ on his OR.... 8^)

>>bridging n y
>What? Who uses this?

Many corporate customers. It's at least nice to have the choice :)

>>pots 0 2
>Didn't you get ISDN to get away from POTS?

Well based on the fact that devices like the OR/U and P50 were welcomed with:
"but I want to use the other B-channel for my phone/FAX/answering machine" and
the only alternative *was* to stick on an external NT-1 and use ISDN
phones....
...market demand -> sell more units.

>>retail price $1195 $995
>Retail is useless.

Apples/Apples. You discount, we discount, they discount etc.... :^)

>>How am I supposed to sell OR/U's when the only 2 good things are that they
>>do radius and they are NOT ascend?
>
>Isn't the Ascend part enough?

On this list, yes :)

Did I miss a smiley anywhere?

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