Internet News Internet Investing Internet Technology Windows Internet Tech. 4 T1's are still less than a 10BaseT connection, about half in fact. The last independent benchmark review I saw which rated the PM3, USR TC, and Ascend 4000, had the Ascend pushing more data than the others, and higher through put to each port. Uh, no they're not. I can tell you right now that the Max 4000 series cannot come anywhere close to full throughput.
Benchmarks are useless.
Real world data is what counts. The PM3, on the other hand, runs right to the rails with both DS1s fully loaded. Your forgeting the leading in the big box industry, Ascend. Does anyone have a lot of experience with routers.