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Re: (ASCEND) 48 modem limit on Max with 56k cards (fwd)





Low-end Access Server market is getting crowded. To get hold of customers
from drifting to PM3 and AS5200, Ascend comes up with similiar config like
PM3 and AS5200.

> 
> Once upon a time Stephen Balbach shaped the electrons to say...
> >Model Chasis Type	#56K modems
> >4048  4004		48 modems
> >4004  4004		72 modems
> >The 4004 and 4048 are the same box with some slots disabled. 
> >Why did Ascend do this?
> 
> Note the SW included is also different.
> 
> They did it to have an apples-to-apples comparision product to compete
> against the PM-3.  It was fairly easy to sell against the 4002/4 with
> all the confusion over what options were needed to make a unit comparable
> to the PM-3.



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