CurrentAnalysis praised the ON 5000's features and functionality, but hit the product's lack of high-end scalability. The product will face stiff competition from Lucent's recently acquired Chromatis offerings, as well as products from Cyras, Alidian, Mayan Networks, Zaffire and a host of other targeting the hot metro optical space. The ON 5000 product incorporates a patented optics technology that Astral Point says reduces light loss during optical transmission, resulting in less amplification and elimination of power-consuming components. This feature also enables rapid provisioning, the company says. ONset also provides centralized management of circuit aggregation, grooming, LAN interconnection, banding and transport functions, the company says.
Delivery is four to six weeks after receipt of order.
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