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RE: (ASCEND) K56 Modem upgrades
I think the point in all this being missed. The MAX with the underrated
power supply was leased by my company, during one of those MAX-Up programs
Ascend runs every once in a while. This MAX came with 6 eight port modem
cards stock, out of the box. This is how Ascend configured it, and "sold"
it. Although I realize that this MAX was a reconfigured piece of equipment,
and that does not bother me. We assumed that Ascend would back their own
equipment. In a way they have, if we send this MAX back to Ascend, they
will fix it. But as an ISP, it forces us to have a "spare" MAX on hand, to
accommodate the down time of the repair. So I guess you can say, that is
good business sense on the Ascend side. Since we will need to purchase a
spare, just in case. But as a ISP, in a competive market, the idea is to
keep cost down. So it makes me wonder, if Ascend was the right choice for us?
At 03:37 PM 1/28/98 +1100, you wrote:
>Jim,
>
>That's an interesting argument, but surely the situation changes when Acme
>Motor Co. or there dealers made guarantees to me about the upgradabilty of
>my Car V1.0 at the time of purchase.
>
>In fact I would go as far as to say that without said guarantees I would
>have bought something else, say a 'Car V5399' You know the ones, they have
>the 5000 chassis
>
>TH
>
>On Wednesday, January 28, 1998 6:54 AM, Jim Howard
>[SMTP:jhoward@lyceum.com] wrote:
>> well, I'm feeling in rare form today, so to show a point:
>>
>> lets say I bought "Car V1.0" from Acme Motor Co,
>> they have just released new tires (Version 2.0),
>> and I can upgrade my V1.0 tires to V2.0,
>> but if I do I can only drive at 35 miles per hour
>> because my engine doesn't have enough power.
>>
>> I can't really expect Acme to drive out and bring me a new car
>> with a V2.0 engine just because I want new tires,
>> because the V1.0 car runs just fine with V1.0 tires,
>> and does everything that it was meant to do when I bought it.
>>
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