Re: USR TC vs. PM3 Test results

Kevin Smith (kevin@ascend.com)
Wed, 21 May 1997 15:11:10 -0700

At 12:22 PM 5/21/97 -0500, PM Mailing List wrote:
>
>U.S. Robotics Total Control Enterprise Network Hub
> and Livingston PortMaster 3
> Comparison Results Overview
>
>http://www.usr.com/business/30409_d.html
>
>I thought this might prove to be an interesting link. Any one have any
>comments? According to the test results, the PM3 fails miserably early on
>while the Ascend 4004 performance degrades slowly, while the TC (of
>course, this is on USR's home page) runs no problemo.

And of course we all start over when the 56K modems start popping up
everywhere.

Just as an FYI, in our LAB testing we did not see this problem with the PM-3
either. We see drop-offs with the TC after some number of sessions, but then
we must also be doing something wrong... :)

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