[c-nsp] Subject: Re: Annex-M 877

[Will Hargrave]

Brad Henshaw wrote:

> I don't see a point to buying the non-M variant other than to
> fulfill existing orders for the vanilla 877, or to cover requirements
> when the -M's are out of stock.

This has presumably been enabled by a chipset change on the DSL frontend
- you might want to keep on buying vanilla 877 for assured compatibility.

I know it's not the same thing, but I had an nightmare with DSLAM
compatibility (*) when I started buying 877 in place of 837, and am very
wary of going through that again.

Will
(*) see c-nsp passim