> I realize that I'm most likely asking a biased group, but > I was wondering if any of you out there use/used AS5400's > from Cisco? > > I currently have a MaxTNT maxed out with 48 port cards. My > problem, is that I'm most likely going to have to go to a > second one and I am looking at the new v.92 trend. As I > understand it, I will have to toss my 48 port cards and > upgrade to the 96 port cards. Well for the prices of > the cards and the extra chassis, I can move to two Cisco > AS5400's for a bit less. I am biased toward Cisco. I have always liked Cisco but I appreciated that Ascend seemed to be about a step ahead with reliability. That was, of course, in the pre-Lucent days. We have purchased several AS5400s. I have found that in the Verizon territories that we provide service, I cannot talk to the switch with any release over 12.1(3). In a couple of the locations, no release will talk to the switch (although the local CO techs believe it is a trunk configuration problem at Verizon's end). In two locations, I have had random repeated crashes. Cisco supplied an interim release which decreased the crashes from a couple of dozen a day to one every week or two. Memory has been thrown at them. I'm still waiting upon an answer. But, when they work they work well. I will be purchasing more AS5400s once some of the current issues are fixed. ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request at bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq>