[64967] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 24-port Gigabit + two 10Gb uplinks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert A. Hayden)
Thu Nov 6 18:38:51 2003
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:36:07 -0600 (CST)
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <rhayden@geek.net>
To: Eric Kuhnke <eric@fnordsystems.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20031106143735.030628c8@216.82.101.6>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
>
> Certainly not as cheap as a 2950 with two Gb ports, but this is the start
> of an entirely new generation of edge switches. Does anyone want to hazard
> a guess as how long it will be before 24+10Gb switches are selling for $1,500?
> 3 years?
Certainly we'll never see them at that level from "Company C". I don't
think they have ever sold anything of substance for $1500. Heck, they
still list the 2511 at around $3700 if you want 16/16 memory in it.
