From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 18 12:00:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA25980 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 12:00:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (root@agora.rdrop.com [199.2.210.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA25972 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 12:00:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from super-g.inch.com by agora.rdrop.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #17) id m0wIItN-0008ylC; Fri, 18 Apr 97 12:00 PDT Received: from localhost (spork@localhost) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA23711; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:02:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:02:17 -0400 (EDT) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Michael Smith cc: Adrian Chadd , imp@village.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WhistleJets (was Re: Another Linux Religious war) In-Reply-To: <199704180303.MAA21085@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I spoke to a salesperson there as I immediately saw that it did many things that we need done for our T1 and "smart building" customers, but I've been unsuccessful in getting any info about whether it will (I know it technically *can*) do ether-ether routing in areas where we deliver via ethernet. They also mentioned a "T1" model was in Beta... The problem is, I can't get them to sell us one. Anyone have a good sales contact there? Thanks, Charles On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > Adrian Chadd stands accused of saying: > > > > I know a lot of places are making up their own solutions, I know at least > > a major ISP in Perth is marketing the "Phoenix" server which does > > basically the same as the WhistleJet, but with Linux instead. > > Heh, and we all know who they are, right? > > I've been trying to talk Whistle into selling into the Australian > market; there are a lot of people in the 'right' places here who, > IMHO, would consider something like the WJ _exactly_ the right thing > to have. > > In most particular, Telstra have pulled some interesting stuff that > means that a business could have a full-time 'net connection for $500 > once-off and less then 20c/MB. For an org with a network of Mac/PC > system (common), something like the WJ would just become the "Internet > machine" in conjunction with this. I have been _itching_ to be able > to sell this to people; I haven't dared try to put together something > as complex single-handed though 8( > > > Adrian > > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ > ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ > ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ >