[64741] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybodyusing GBICs?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sthaug@nethelp.no)
Fri Oct 31 16:08:19 2003
To: cmartin@gnilink.net
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: sthaug@nethelp.no
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:49:42 -0500"
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 22:07:42 +0100
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Things are getting better, but "L3-switches" pale in comparison to today's
> high-end routers on almost all fronts. If you take GigE out of the
> equation, modern "L3 Switches" are just as expensive as modern "core
> routers" - and routable, "mpls-able" L3 GE ports are _more_ expensive on
> "switches" than "routers" (see 4xGE OSM vs 4xGE GSR 'tetra' pricing).
In *my* Cisco GPL, 4GE-SFP-LC is listed at $75,000 while OSM-2+4GE-WAN+
is listed at $44,000. But then I tend to think of the 6500/7600 as a
router...
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
