[20959] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Linux Router KIT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deepak Jain)
Fri Oct 30 10:08:57 1998
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 04:57:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Deepak Jain <deepak@ai.net>
To: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
cc: alex@nac.net, Phil Howard <phil@whistler.intur.net>,
Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <19981029222112.A19128@puck.nether.net>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 09:35:26PM -0500, alex@nac.net wrote:
> > > It's also possible to get spare parts for PCs at 8 PM on Saturday.
> > > Not true for Cisco.
> >
> > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/625/sno/smons_ds.htm
> >
> > Section: SMARTnet Onsite 24x7x4
>
> You can get anything you want if you're willing to pay enough.
>
Not that I am a big fan of PC based or even *nix routers, one could make
the argument that at <$3000 for 16 routed ports (a price someone
mentioned on here) it would be very inexpensive (relatively) to keep
fully configured spare chassis around for less than the price of a
comparably equiped Cisco.
Then again, some of us keep fully configured spare Ciscos around and
still get SMARTnet Onsite 4 hour. I guess it just depends what your
customers pay for. (note: I didn't say *expect*)
Flames encouraged,
-Deepak.
AiNET
