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RE: Is Cisco equpiment de facto for you?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Kim)
Tue Jan 11 09:25:53 2011
From: Brandon Kim <brandon.kim@brandontek.com>
To: nanog group <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:23:39 -0500
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101111325130.77557@qrswnz.pp.fgengu.np.hx>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
For anyone that is following this thread/subject from yesterday=2C is it me=
or does it seem as if Cisco really isn't
the choice for most SP's?
Someone has mentioned that it all really depends on your needs and what it =
is you want to provide.
IMO=2C every vendor has something they are good at. I wouldn't use Cisco fo=
r everything=2C nor Juniper etc etc...
The concern I sense is that from Cisco's POV=2C it's their way or the highw=
ay. Not only do you pay a premium for smartnet=2C
but if there's an issue=2C they are quick to point the finger. That is not =
service/support that I desire....
Is this what everyone is sensing as well? I'm starting to look at Brocade n=
ow just to do some fair comparisons.....
> Date: Tue=2C 11 Jan 2011 13:56:31 +0000
> From: jethro.binks@strath.ac.uk
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: Is Cisco equpiment de facto for you?
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> On Mon=2C 10 Jan 2011=2C Greg Whynott wrote:
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> > > Just as a pointer - one of the largest and most utilized IX (AMS-IX)=
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> > > has their platform built on Brocade devices.
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> > Brocade device's pre Foundry purchase correct? I can't see anyone that=
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> > large using Foundry in large deployments..
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> Probably not as large as AMX-IX=2C but London Internet Exchange (LINX): b=
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> as Foundry and Brocade.
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> Jethro.
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> Jethro R Binks=2C Network Manager=2C
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