Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ncar!ames!killer!vector!nobody From: dsmythe@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: IBM Sells Rolm To Siemens AG Message-ID: Date: 18 Dec 88 08:35:02 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 28 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 205, message 4 > [Ron Natalie says:] >If you'd actually used a Rolm phone switch, you'd know >why they lost money on it. Everyone in the industry is losing money on PBXs now. > People expect their telephone service to be reliable. Was this a redundant switch? Multinode? Single node? > In addition to horrendous start >up bugs on all the installations I've watched, the thing >managed to scrog traditional modem connections run through >it. I use data-switching all the time with no problems. What kind of machines are you referring to? Is it a CBX 8000, 9000 or a 9751? The 9751 is quite an improvement from a maintenance standpoint. Also, you must draw distinctions between attached telecom hardware and the CBX itself. Could the problems be with your modem configuration (not the modem itself, but the way the system is set up)? Just curious. Dave Smythe dsmythe@cup.portal.com N.B.: I speak for myself alone.