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From the Editor's Desk...

 

The view of the gouge continues.....  Its our opinion that Cisco is as bad if not worse than the Bell Telcos.  Cisco hammers the userbase with outrageously high prices and of course, grins all the way to the bank.  Problem is, HDLC its a worldwide protocol right?  Its supposed to be but not according to Cisco.  They have chewed this protocol up and called it proprietary!  By doing so, users are practically FORCED to use Cisco routers if the service they are going through is using Cisco equipment.  This is wrong.  Recently Cisco was investigated.  Our opinion is the "investigators" did not dig deep enough or, Cisco's people found the investigator's "magic button".  Cisco is the KING of the gouge when it comes to CPE hardware.  CPE being Customer Provided Equipment.  

Here, at STReport, we appreciate your input relative to your horror stories with the telephone companies and now we would like to add Cisco and the other router companies to that list.  Let us hear what you have to say.... good or whatever. 

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