I agree and am outraged. I just moved to a TNT with APX cards. Lucent is following the monopolist model inherited from their parent AT&T. Buy up two excellent companies with superior products and free support, and then when the competition and choice is gone, start charging for previously free services. I have not made the decision yet but may be stopping at 9.0-159 and looking for alternatives. Tom At 08:37 AM 5/30/01 -0000, you wrote: >I see Lucent have changed their "model" to require us to have a >maintenece subscription to be able to download any TAOS >= 9.1.x >This, for me, is a real pisser since my APX is only a month old and >before upgrading from my PM4 I specifically asked if software upgrades >were free of charge in the future (as they were with the PM4/Livingston >and other ascend kit). The response from my supplier was that they would >be free of charge. > >Perhaps Lucent in their current finincial difficulty is trying to squeeze >every possible revenue source - forcing users to take out maintenence >contracts just so they can get newer (base) software / bug fixes. > >Paul. >-- >| Paul Gregg |T: +44 (0) 28 90424190 >| Technical Director |F: +44 (0) 28 90424709 >| The Internet Business Ltd |W: http://www.tibus.com >| Holywood House, Innis Court |E: info at tibus.com >| Holywood, Co Down, BT18 9HF |P: pgregg at tibus.com ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request at bungi.com Archives: http://www.nexial.com/mailinglists/