And just on the side. Nortel's track record of just keeping 1X ( Their name for an STM1 box) running is really not so good. How are they going to support 6 Tera if they *really* can't get the basics right ??
Nortel's low-speed stuff wasn't so good before, because back 10 years ago when the SONET boxes race was on, Nortel decided to concentrate on high-speed first (OC48), and develop downwards. Everyone else was developing low-speed first (OC3), then upwards.
Thus, 5 years ago for Nortel, in terms of quality, OC48 was the best, followed by OC12, then by OC3.
I've heard that with the newer OC3 express, things are much better. Not to mention Nortel's OC192 box being the current market leader.
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Nortel's low-speed stuff wasn't so good before, because back 10 years ago when the SONET boxes race was on, Nortel decided to concentrate on high-speed first (OC48), and develop downwards. Everyone else was developing low-speed first (OC3), then upwards.
Thus, 5 years ago for Nortel, in terms of quality, OC48 was the best, followed by OC12, then by OC3.
I've heard that with the newer OC3 express, things are much better. Not to mention Nortel's OC192 box being the current market leader.