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From: arons@iris.ucdavis.edu (Tom Arons)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Cabletron vs. TCL
Message-ID: <5296@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Date: 11 Sep 89 19:00:54 GMT
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In article <3247@wasatch.utah.edu> haas@wasatch.utah.edu (Walt Haas) writes:
>We have been buying Cabletron products for some time and have been quite
>satisfied.  Recently Ron Inouye from TCL came through town and offered us
>a lower price for apparently equivalent products.  They look OK to a first
>approximation -- does anybody out there have real-world experience with
>the TCL product line, in comparison with Cabletron?
>
>Thanks in advance  -- Walt Haas

We have used both cabletron and TCL equipment for a number of years with
very good success.  The cabletron tranceiver is slightly more expensive,
but you get some activity LEDs which can be helpful.  Installation is
about the same, the edge might go to TCL, it's harder to mess up.  In
the latest building we are wiring we are using cabletron primarily
because its size is about 1/4 inch smaller as installed on a cable
that runs in a tight conduit.

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