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It's a rebranded Huawei https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/access-network/echolife-hn8255ws-pid-22280247 https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/access-
by bdz 8y ago
It's a rebranded Huawei
https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/access-network/echolife-hn8255ws-pid-22280247 https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/access-network/echo...
- ttul 8y agoOh - you must mean a re-branded extension of the Chinese government's spying apparatus? https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-huaweis-partnership-with-china-on-surveillance-raises-concerns-for/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-huaweis-partne...
- davidandgoliath 8y agovs. AT&T?
- outworlder 8y agoAT&T is not a company that's effectively a government arm. They may have a cozy relationship, but it's a major difference. Also, you have some expectation that a company such as AT&T will respect intellectual property. US offers strong protections there.
- Youden 8y agoThey say that in the article: "In close collaboration with Huawei we have customized Bahnhof’s powerful 10 Gbit/s router HN8255WS, and it’s finally ready to put up for sale."
- walrus01 8y agoISP perspective: a shitload of people are using Huawei and/or ZTE for GPON networks now. I am at lot less scared of that for last mile access stuff, than I am of people who think it's actually a good idea to use Huawei or ZTE as core routers for major ASes (in the same places you would see a twin $250,000 pair of Cisco or Juniper modular chassis based routers).