[137430] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: SmartNet Alternatives
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alejandro Acosta)
Sat Feb 12 20:11:26 2011
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:08:56 +0000
From: "Alejandro Acosta" <alejandroacostaalamo@gmail.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org> ,
"Ryan Finnesey" <ryan.finnesey@HarrierInvestments.com>
Cc: John Macleod <JMacleod@alentus.com>
Reply-To: alejandroacostaalamo@gmail.com
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Right, pretty good idea to look for other altermatives, few years ago I=
wouldn't agree, however my feeling says that Cisco competetitors have =
grown a lot,
AAA-,
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Ryan Finnesey
Enviados: 12/02/2011 17:03:32
Para: nanog@nanog.org
Cc: John Macleod
Asunto: RE: SmartNet Alternatives
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 lif=
e 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 ass=
ociated 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> wr=
ote:
> Just interested in other peoples experience to companies offering alt=
ernatives to SmartNet?
>
> Pros/Cons/Tradeoffs?
>
> We currently have a mix of SmartNet and internal parts supply.
>
> John
>
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