[137419] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: SmartNet Alternatives
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ryan Finnesey)
Sat Feb 12 16:34:27 2011
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:33:32 -0800
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik5qH_+CFkyC2+MRfQZc_-R5jkS+0oYukCiSrmm@mail.gmail.com>
From: "Ryan Finnesey" <ryan.finnesey@HarrierInvestments.com>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Cc: John Macleod <JMacleod@alentus.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
This is one of the reasons we are starting to look at Juniper for a new =
network build. It is my understanding we set software updates for life =
for free.
Cheers
Ryan
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Loftis [mailto:mloftis@wgops.com]=20
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 4:27 PM
To: John Macleod
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: SmartNet Alternatives
Cisco is making noises that they'll eventually be restricting software =
access to ONLY those devices which have an active SmartNet contract =
associated to your CCO account. I don't know where this currently =
stands, and it sure will be a huge pain in my rear if/when it happens.
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:41 PM, John Macleod <JMacleod@alentus.com> =
wrote:
> Just interested in other peoples experience to companies offering =
alternatives to SmartNet?
>
> Pros/Cons/Tradeoffs?
>
> We currently have a mix of SmartNet and internal parts supply.
>
> John
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